AI may be making us think and write more alike
dornsife.usc.edu
Large language models may be standardizing human expression and subtly influencing how we think, says study led by USC Dornsife researcher

Research Opinion Article.

LLM-mediated homogenization of expression and thought: Individuals differ in how they write, reason, and view the world. When these differences are mediated by the same LLM, their distinct linguistic, perspectival, and reasoning signals become homogenized, producing standardized expressions and thoughts across users. LLM: large language model.

Within groups and societies, cognitive diversity bolsters creativity and problem-solving, say the researchers. However, cognitive diversity is shrinking worldwide as billions of people are using the same handful of AI chatbots for an increasing number of tasks, they add. When people use chatbots to help them polish their writing, for example, the writing ends up losing its stylistic individuality, and people feel less creative ownership over what they produce.

  • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
    171·
    19 hours ago

    No. If people think em-dashes are a “surefire sign” of LLMs, they’re just as dumb as the people who take LLM output uncritically. Sometimes, you need to separate a thought with something other than a period, semicolon, or parenthesis, and a hyphen or double hyphen is simply not correct grammar. LLMs can pry my em-dashes from my cold, dead fingers.