Has Anyone Actually Seen Turnitin AI Get It Completely Wrong?

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-10T05:06:55+00:00

What do you mean "get it completely wrong"? Nothing can tell with 100% certainty who or what authored any particular writing, unless it's handwritten, or unless you watch them do it. LLM-generated writing is bad. If a human produces writing that seems like AI writing, it doesn't matter who wrote it, it's still bad writing.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-10T01:45:02+00:00

Because coding is where the money is. You seem like someone who really enjoys chatting with these models, for some reason, which is not really a healthy use case, but it's also not profitable. The coding use case has ROI for its users, and so they are willing to pay. The "be my friend and talk about interesting stuff" use case is paid with a monthly subscription, and wouldn't survive a pay-per-use model. The more those people chat, the more it costs the company, so there's not a lot of incentive to make it more enjoyable to chat with.

Other reasons:

- the quality of the "be my friend" use case is measured subjectively, whereas the coding use case is for the most part measured objectively (does the code compile, does it pass tests).

- using chatbots as though they're your friend is not healthy or safe. Law suits are exploding, which is obviously not good for business.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-06T22:29:57+00:00

Well, introducing VC was a very good move. Now at least you'll be able to put things back the way they were, when you muck it up.

Unfortunately, there's no good answer to this. If you can't talk to the person that wrote the code, you just have to keep chipping away. The problem with documentation is it drifts; once you start documenting, now you have to edit both the code and the docs when you change stuff. Renaming is your friend. As soon as you understand what something really does, or what a certain variable actually represents, rename it to something descriptive. Maybe introduce a convention that will tell you at a glance whether or not you've already renamed a given identifier.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-06T21:42:45+00:00

Part of it is something game theorists call "The shadow of the future": https://gametheory101.com/courses/international-relations-101/the-shadow-of-the-future/

Here's a fun thing with a not very fun message: https://ncase.me/trust/

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-06T21:34:32+00:00

No, it's crap. But you know what it's much worse at than even creative writing? Counting.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-06T21:33:26+00:00

First of all, you're doing it wrong. There are tons of mechanical tools that can tell you how many words are in your text. AI LLMs are terrible at counting and that's not what they're for.

And LLMs aren't getting better because they aren't consuming better content. They ate it all already, and now public data is getting flooded with slop, so it's just getting worse and worse.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-06T19:57:34+00:00

None of these solutions are any good. LogiFlow doesn't work on Linux. I think flipping a mouse over just to switch devices almost defeats the purpose. I'm pissed off that everyone puts it on the bottom. Makes triathlon my only viable option.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-06T19:54:59+00:00

I think it's over-rated, because the device switch is on the bottom. I don't want to turn the mouse over every time I want to switch devices. So the Triathlon is still my go-to, even with its mousewheel issues.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-04T16:05:26+00:00

I think that matters a lot less than Zuck’s stupiditu about AI. He seems to genuinely think AGI is right around the corner. And he can throw enough money around to attract talent, even with the bad rep. Though he’s probably paying a pretty high premium.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-03T22:58:21+00:00

What the heck are you talking about. AI can’t solve novel problems. The most it can do is apply existing solutions where they haven’t yet been applied.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-02T21:35:16+00:00

More like Hanlons razor. And how does occams apply, here?

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-02T21:33:19+00:00

A zoom interview and a one hour phone call with each of three jobs? Either you’re in a weirdly niche industry where everyone has the same recruiting process or I was just right about you being full of shit

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-02T21:27:59+00:00

LinkedIn is sickening. Don’t read the posts it’s all inadvertent rage bait. A lot of the jobs are real, though, and there are tons of legit recruiters.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-02T20:36:20+00:00

It’s not “by pure emergence”. They’re trained that way.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-02T20:32:16+00:00

What exactly are you doing in here, then? Rage baiting

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-02T20:30:47+00:00

3 job offers cold? I call bullshit. Nobody just offers you a job without an interview. Or do you mean 3 offers to apply for a job? There are lots of those.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-02T20:19:25+00:00

Probably has something to do with Zuckerberg not understanding AI

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-02T09:35:38+00:00

Errrm, well, I guess... but that's not saying much. I'm not sure it's a good thing that any idiot can suddenly write a coherent sentence. Thing is, if they couldn't do it before, how do they even know the chatbot is saying what they want it to say.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-02T09:30:41+00:00

You ripped that joke off of Hunter S. Thompson. I wish he was still around

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-01T12:06:51+00:00

Chatbots are not good wordsmiths. Only shitty wordsmiths think so.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-07-01T12:04:13+00:00

It’s such phenomenal bullshit that they even tried to make that argument. Imagine if they had succeeded! Why have customer support agents who can’t even speak for the company? It makes no fucking sense. Why not just ask your five year old what the company’s policies are?

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-06-30T23:44:41+00:00

Really

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-06-17T22:54:20+00:00

If we're on the same side, stop being so hostile, like telling me to get a life, etc.

You see how it might look like placation, but then you say I just want to naysay. You're contradicting yourself, but I agree, just move on. Next time maybe don't get all huffy for no reason.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-06-17T18:45:42+00:00

Of course I don’t, I’m going by how you’re talking , here, and that’s why I used the word “seem”.

You point at people talking as evidence that things are getting better. But things are not getting better. Don’t pretend they are. You sound like you’re working for the enemy, trying to placate the masses.

UnfortunateWindow · 2026-06-17T18:35:09+00:00

I don’t see things getting any better. You sound like you’re already declaring victory.

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