LLM-Authored Article Suspicion

Commenters repeatedly accuse the linked article of being written or heavily assisted by a large language model, citing its verbose, bland, and overly polished style, while debating the implications of AI-generated content.

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usrbinenv β€’ Nov 22, 2025 β€’ View on HN

If it's not an LLM, I guess the author spent too much time around them, because it totally reads like an LLM. And that's not a good thing.

ku1ik β€’ Jan 10, 2026 β€’ View on HN

Is it just me or this article has been written or at least heavily processed with LLM? My AI slop radar triggered immediately (overly verbose, fluff, bland). Don’t get me wrong, it has valuable information but that style smells LLM from a distance.

sloppppp β€’ Dec 20, 2025 β€’ View on HN

This was authored using an LLM, wasn't it. The style is unmistakable. Stop wasting our time with this slop.

twodave β€’ Aug 22, 2025 β€’ View on HN

Ironically, this post reads like it was written with an LLM.

echelon_musk β€’ Aug 24, 2025 β€’ View on HN

Writing with LLMs is not a shameOrWriting with an LLM is not a shame

simonw β€’ Sep 25, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Did an LLM write that? It has a writing style that feels very LLM.

Zardoz84 β€’ Dec 5, 2025 β€’ View on HN

If you use a LLM for writing, then you aren't writing anything.

c0nducktr β€’ Jan 13, 2025 β€’ View on HN

I'm not criticizing the content of the post, but it feels like it was written by a LLM. Does anyone else notice that? It screams it to me.

overstay8930 β€’ Apr 15, 2024 β€’ View on HN

this works until an entire generation of people are used to reading LLM generated text and they write like an AI

andrewshadura β€’ Oct 21, 2024 β€’ View on HN

This article reads as if it were written by an LLM.