You Are Probably an NPC

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bediger4000 · 4h ago

How does the use of AI (LLMs) play into this? There's little doubt that using LLMs to generate text leads to a bland uniformity. We all know that AI generated images are blandly uniform, saving the occasional 6th or 7th finger, and monitor screens on backwards.

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