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There are a few potential clues that might indicate that a piece of text was generated by ChatGPT or a similar language model:

Lack of context or coherence: Language models like ChatGPT are designed to generate text based on a given prompt or input, but they do not have a deep understanding of the context in which the text is being used. As a result, the text they generate may lack coherence or may not make sense in the context in which it is being used.

Repetitive or unnatural language: Language models can sometimes produce repetitive or unnatural language patterns, particularly if they are not provided with sufficient context or training data.

Inconsistencies or errors: Language models may produce errors or inconsistencies in the text they generate, especially if they are not trained on a diverse or comprehensive dataset.

It is important to note that these clues are not definitive indicators that a piece of text was generated by ChatGPT or any other specific language model. There are many other factors that could contribute to these characteristics in text, and it is not always possible to determine with certainty whether a piece of text was generated by a specific model.

FYI this is written by ChatGPT so you get an idea of its writing style. I asked it "what are some clues that might indicate something is written by chatgpt".


A few more clues which are demonstrated, but not explained, by ^this response:

* Begins with a slight rewording of your question, rephrased as the introduction to the answer

* Ends with at least a sentence or two of CYA-type caveats, like "ultimately it will depend on", "there are many factors", etc.

* Writes in full sentences even when not really necessary - eg. this bullet point would be phrased as "Text generated by a language model would be more likely than average to be written in full sentences..."

* Avoids pronouns when any ambiguity is present, even if it would be obvious to a human. eg. If the first sentence is: "Robert and Joe were playing football when Joe injured his hand", a human might continue: "He tried to keep playing but it hurt too badly." ChatGPT would be more like: "Joe tried to keep playing but his hand hurt too badly".

(this was NOT written by ChatGPT :)


The regularity that it builds answers in this form makes me think they must have examples of it embedded in the prompt


Thank you for the last sentence information. I definitely got that eerie "AI text" vibe, but as ChatGPT puts it, "it is not always possible to determine with certainty whether a piece of text was generated by [ChatGPT]".


Rephrase as if it was written by a 5 year old:

"Typhoeus is a special thing that you can use with the gem, but it's not necessary. You can change the gem so that you don't need to use Typhoeus if you don't want to. You can also remove the part of the gem that uses Typhoeus if you want. It all depends on what you want and what's easy to do."


Have you tried replying to it? Would be curious if it's made to automatically reply to you or if its just some person copy/pasting chatgpt outputs.


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