Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days agoAI-generated college admissions essays tend to sound male and privileged, study findsphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down15
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minus-squareLugh@futurology.todayOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoDear ChatGPT - Please pretend I’m a rich, white man when you’re writing my college admissions essay for me, thanks, Signed - A Poor
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoI wish this was a thing when I was writing application essays. They’re a great example of virtually meaningless content that needs to fit a certain shape. LLMs are great at generating exactly this type of garbage.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoEven before AIs, essays seemed meaningless to me. I wasn’t sure if they were, or I just didn’t get it, but the former is looking more likely now.
minus-squareMurvel@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoDear guy in the comments; please reply to me in ‘Rich White Man’.
Dear ChatGPT - Please pretend I’m a rich, white man when you’re writing my college admissions essay for me, thanks, Signed - A Poor
I wish this was a thing when I was writing application essays. They’re a great example of virtually meaningless content that needs to fit a certain shape.
LLMs are great at generating exactly this type of garbage.
Even before AIs, essays seemed meaningless to me. I wasn’t sure if they were, or I just didn’t get it, but the former is looking more likely now.
Dear guy in the comments; please reply to me in ‘Rich White Man’.