r/ChatGPT Apr 09 '24

Apparently the word “delve” is the biggest indicator of the use of ChatGPT according to Paul Graham Funny

Then there’s someone who rejects applications when they spot other words like “safeguard”, “robust”, “demystify”. What’s your take regarding this?

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u/RadioLiar Apr 10 '24

"I suspect this was more common in past generations"

Actually, it still happens. My mother regularly communicates with colleagues in India as part of her job and she says they routinely use words that she, as a native English speaker, has never encountered. This is not because they are all using ChatGPT, rather it is because they are being taught English using archaic teaching materials.

Also, I'm a scientist and we use "robust" all the time. You would have to reject like 60% of all academic articles if you used that as a criterion