LLM 语音
2026年10月29日 (中文(简体) ).
有时候当我读到一篇文章时，我得到一种越来越大的感觉，即我正在阅读LLM的输出。 我不一定能定义为什么，虽然有常见的说词(不是乳头，而是有负荷的挂毯). 当我这样做的时候，我渴望读到奖品，有时达到反感的程度
外面有些工具声称能够分辨出LLM作词和老式生物制品的区别。 我对他们很警惕，部分是由于对它们的准确性持谨慎态度，但也因为它忽略了重点。 对LLM-Voice的反应是人类的，也就是说我们处在一个令人难以置信的传言之谷。 等到我找到一个工具告诉我正在读什么的时候，已经太晚了，即使它自信地告诉我没有LLM存在。
我也怀疑自己是否有能力准确识别出LLM的声音。 语言随时间而变化，所以一个共同的年龄标志是抱怨年轻人的语言。 我倾向于在说“采用新的销售动议”或“快速新闻综述”的口号上低调。 但我听说过这些构造是从人类口中产生的，所以这更是一种代相传的区别，而不是碳和硅之间的区别。 (作为被移植的英国人，别让我开始美国主义，我敢肯定，我会很快习惯他们。)
现在，我敦促作者们格外警惕LLM-Voice. 我特别强烈地建议，作者不应陷入让LLM写草稿的陷阱。 即使它是由人类编辑的，也很难驱逐出LLM-Voice——从而引起出乎意料的山谷反应。 1 即使接受重写的建议也是危险的。 我听说过有人使用LLMs来制定大纲和结构，这也许可以，但只能作为大纲。 2，作者应自填出道。
1：非常艰难，但并非不可能。 我碰到一个案例，我确实知道第一稿完全由LLM完成，但我读到最后的作品时发现没有LLM Voice. 然而，它确实需要一位专业编辑在一份主要的期刊上进行清理。
2：我在这个网站的政策是，凡使用AI帮助他们写作的，都应该声明他们如何使用，通常是在承认书中。 这部分是为了透明度，部分是为了让读者能够学习有用的使用AI的方法。 在我自己的情况下，我并不使用AI来产生道词，也不用来帮助结构。 我用它来写作的唯一方法是作为搜索工具(但我通过去源核实任何信息).
说你的写作在LLMs时代更为重要。 我通常会说脑中的话，然后写下来(然后编辑我刚才写的东西)。 这种建议对于任何希望与写作定期沟通的人来说特别重要。 和很多事情一样，学习成为好作家依赖于许多实践。 这是一种需要时间获得的技能，但向LLM投降会破坏任何进展。
在时间上，也许LLMs会那么好，以至于我们无法分辨区别。 在许多方面，这更令人担忧。 和大多数作家一样，我发现写作是一个几乎必要的思考工具。 通常只有写下一些东西，我才能真正地把关于一个话题的想法变成一致。 我经常开始写作，知道自己不太明白什么，但用这些词来打拼的行为迫使我克服我的困惑。 随着更多的人向LLMs授权写作，他们也会向LLMs授权思考和理解。 我不想这样做，哪里有写作的乐趣呢？
虽然避免LLM-Voice是通则，但并不是绝对规则。 一个重要的例子是吉姆·海斯密克(Jim Highsmith)(他为这个网站出力). He 发现与LLM合作，对于他为克服帕金森病的被诅咒而写作至关重要。 我会很高兴地处理LLM -Voice，以便继续吸收我的老朋友的智慧。
一个更尴尬的案件是翻译。 我的许多同事对英语不满意，这是他们的第二或第四语言。 有些人认为，LLM翻译是他们与我们中那些不太了解马拉地语的人沟通的一个重要部分。 但我也更喜欢真正的人类的通俗而不是平滑而无灵魂的LLM
在某些情况下，即使是英国本土人也有理由让LLMs来作传言。 就像我给一个官员写了一封表格或准备了一份报告一样我怀疑没有人会读到3 也许以后大多数文件只会被LLMs读取，他们也不会有我那令人发指的山谷忧心。 但是，如果我想与人类沟通，我的人性就必须从我的散文中发光(或至少发出口音).
3：迈克尔·尼加德(Michael Nygard)评论道：“你确实没有试图将一个人的想法传达给其他人。 你与一个过程而不是人类沟通。 一个人可以打开信封，但该人充当网络生物的组成部分。”
指出时速
1：非常艰难，但并非不可能。 我碰到一个案例，我确实知道第一稿完全由LLM完成，但我读到最后的作品时发现没有LLM Voice. 然而，它确实需要一位专业编辑在一份主要的期刊上进行清理。
2：我在这个网站的政策是，凡使用AI帮助他们写作的，都应该声明他们如何使用，通常是在承认书中。 这部分是为了透明度，部分是为了让读者能够学习有用的使用AI的方法。 在我自己的情况下，我并不使用AI来产生道词，也不用来帮助结构。 我用它来写作的唯一方法是作为搜索工具(但我通过去源核实任何信息).
3：迈克尔·尼加德(Michael Nygard)评论道：“你确实没有试图将一个人的想法传达给其他人。 你与一个过程而不是人类沟通。 一个人可以打开信封，但该人充当网络生物的组成部分。”
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LLM Voice
29 October 2026
Sometimes when I read a post, I get the growing feeling that I'm reading the output of an LLM. I can't necessarily define why, although there are the common tells (it's not the em-dashes, it's the load-bearing tapestries). As I do this my desire to read on atrophies, sometimes to the point of revulsion
There are tools out there that claim to be able to tell the difference between LLM-written prose and the old-fashioned biological product. I'm wary of them, partly due skeptism about their accuracy, but also because it rather misses the point. The reaction to LLM-Voice is a human one, that sense that we are in an uncanny valley of prose. By the time I'd reach for a tool to tell me what I'm reading, it's already too late, even if it confidently tells me there's no LLM present.
I'm also suspicious of my own ability to accurately recognize LLM voice. Language changes over time, so a common sign of age is complaining about the language of the youngs. I'm inclined to bristle at prose that talks about “adopting a new sales motion,” or “a sharp round-up of news”. But I've heard these constructs coming out of human mouths, so that's more a generational difference rather than between carbon and silicon. (And as a transplanted Brit, don't get me started on Americanisms, I'm sure I'll get used to them momentarily.)
Right now I urge authors to be extra-wary of LLM-Voice. In particular I strongly recommend that authors should not fall into the trap of getting the LLM to write a draft. Even if it's edited by a human, it's very hard to expel the LLM-Voice - thus causing the uncanny valley reaction. 1 Even accepting suggestions of rephrasing is dangerous. I have heard of people using LLMs to develop outline and structure, that may be ok, but only as far as an outline. 2 Authors should fill the prose themselves.
1: Very hard, but not impossible. I've come across one case where I do know the first draft was entirely done by LLM, but I detected no LLM Voice when I read the final piece. It did, however, need a professional editor at a major periodical publication to clean it up.
2: My policy on this site, is that anyone who uses AI to help them write should declare how they used it, usually in the acknowledgments. This is partly for transparency, and partly so that readers can learn useful ways to use AI. In my own case, I don't use AI for generating prose, nor for help in structure. The only way I use it for writing is as a search tool (but I verify any information by going to the source).
Say Your Writing is even more important in the age of LLMs. I habitually speak the words in my head and then write them down (and then edit what I've just written). This advice is particularly important to anyone who has any desire to communicate regularly with writing. Like many things, learning to be a good writer relies on lots of practice. It's a skill worth the time to acquire, but surrendering to an LLM will undermine any progress.
In time it may be that LLMs will be so good that we can't tell the difference. In many ways, that's more worrying. Like most writers, I find writing an almost-essential tool for thinking. Often it's only by writing something down, that I can really get my thoughts on a topic into coherence. I've often started an essay knowing I don't really understand something, but the act of wrestling with the words forces me to overcome my confusions. As more people delegate writing to LLMs they will also delegate thinking and comprehension to LLMs. I don't want to do that, where's the fun of writing then?
Although avoiding LLM-Voice is a general rule, it isn't an absolute one. An important example is that of Jim Highsmith (who contributes to this site). He finds working with an LLM is essential to his writing to overcome the bane of Parkinson's disease. I'll gladly deal with LLM-Voice in order to continue imbibing my old friend's wisdom.
A more awkward case is that of translation. Many of my colleagues aren't comfortable in English, it is their second or fourth language. Some have found LLM translation an important part to their communication with those of us who know rather less Marathi. But I also would prefer rather a genuine human's clunky prose to the smooth but soulless LLM.
There are situations where it would be reasonable for even a native Englishman to let LLMs write the prose. Such as if I'm writing a form letter to an official, or preparing a report I suspect no-one will ever read 3. Maybe most documentation in the future will only be read by LLMs, and they won't have my uncanny valley worries. But if I want to communicate with humans, my humanity has to shine (or at least ooze) out of my prose.
3: Michael Nygard commented: “There you really aren't trying to communicate thoughts from one person to other people. You're communicating with a process rather than a human. A human may open the envelope but that person is acting as a component in a cybernetic organism.”
Notes
1: Very hard, but not impossible. I've come across one case where I do know the first draft was entirely done by LLM, but I detected no LLM Voice when I read the final piece. It did, however, need a professional editor at a major periodical publication to clean it up.
2: My policy on this site, is that anyone who uses AI to help them write should declare how they used it, usually in the acknowledgments. This is partly for transparency, and partly so that readers can learn useful ways to use AI. In my own case, I don't use AI for generating prose, nor for help in structure. The only way I use it for writing is as a search tool (but I verify any information by going to the source).
3: Michael Nygard commented: “There you really aren't trying to communicate thoughts from one person to other people. You're communicating with a process rather than a human. A human may open the envelope but that person is acting as a component in a cybernetic organism.”
Acknowledgements
Alessio Ferri, Caer Sanders, Ian Cartwright, Jie Jessie Xia, Joshua Kerievsky, Michael Feathers, Michael Nygard, Scott Davies, and Wei Zhang commented on drafts of this post.
I did not use AI or LLMs in any way while writing this post.
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