Snake oil writing
Ploum in Don’t Do Snake Oil Writing:
If you are tempted to use an LLM to generate a text, don’t publish the output of the LLM. Publish the prompt! That’s where your information is. It is what people want to hear.
Came across a blog post yesterday. Someone in my feed reader had linked it, presumably in good faith. It was slop and obviously so, but it took me a minute to notice. I was caught off guard.
Look, I want to hear your thoughts. Your words.
Do what Ploum says, publish the prompt. That's the interesting part. The seed of something you think is worth sharing. If you feel great and have the time and want to refine your thoughts, put some time into writing and editing it. Then publish.
Don't publish snake oil writing.