Comment by Retr0id

Comment by Retr0id a year ago

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Arguably it is a form of language evolution. I bet humans have started using "delve" more too, on average. I think the best we can do is look at the trends and think about potential causes.

rvnx a year ago

“Seamless”, “honed”, “unparalleled”, “delve” are now polluting the landscape because of monkeys repeating what ChatGPT says without even questioning what the words mean.

Everything is “seamless” nowadays. Like I am seamlessly commenting here.

Arguably, the meaning of these words evolve due to misuse too.

  • oneeyedpigeon a year ago

    I see a lot of writing in my day-to-day, and the words that stick out most are things like "plethora" and "utilized". They're not terribly obscure, but they're just 'odd' and, maybe, formal enough to really stick out when overused.

  • lobsterthief a year ago

    Btw can’t people just open their prompts by instructing LLMs not to use those words?

pavel_lishin a year ago

> I bet humans have started using "delve" more too, on average.

I wish there were a way to check.

  • linhns a year ago

    I'm seeing more and more of uses of it on this thread.