Phillip Isola: I'm bored of LLM-stylized papers, so I had Claude list its own writing tells
phillip_isola · x · 2026-09-22
MIT professor Phillip Isola vented that LLM-stylized papers and blogs have become tiresome, so he asked Claude to explain its own writing tells. He urges authors to avoid them: "I'd much rather read your words, see your rickety figures, than face down yet another of Claude's anodized corporate veneers."
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