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Title text:

You say no human would reply to a forum thread about Tom Bombadil by writing and editing hundreds of words of text, complete with formatting, fancy punctuation, and two separate uses of the word 'delve'. Unfortunately for both of us, you are wrong.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3126/

explainxkcd for #3126

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[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

I am in this comic and I don't like it.

[-] creamlike504@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Expect to see this accidentally included in someone's forum screed soon:

Here's a detailed response to BombaFan486's post, including three separate (but natural) uses of the word 'revelatory', ending with the disclaimer, "Not ChatGPT output. I'm just like this."

Is there anything else I can do for you?

[-] devilish666@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Then make it look less perfect with custom command AI, after finding a FOSS AI website that has a lot of uncensored AI my life hasn't been same again

[-] s@piefed.world 1 points 1 week ago

Omg me

[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Me. I like formatting and using em/en dashes and semicolons.

[-] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago

Seeing any em dash in the wild makes me immediately suspicious

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

I loooove using m dashes. They're just so—expressive.

[-] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 1 points 1 week ago

That’s probably part of the joke

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

There's always one good litmus test, if you can ask someone live before they have a chance to do a Google search: ask what the alt code is for an em dash.

If they don't immediately answer 0151, they're full of shit.

[-] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I feel like this is more likely to lead you astray than anything. An LLM bot will immediately know the alt code, while a real person will only know it if they use Windows. Lots of people use Linux, or mobile keyboards.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Or if they start explaining what a compose key is; also human

[-] southernbrewer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Opt shift hyphen. What's an alt code? 🍏

[-] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

What if they don't know the code and just use a keyshift instead?

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