How LLMs Distort Our Written Language (opens in new tab)

LLMs are used by over a billion people globally, and the most frequent use case is to assist with writing. LLMs can provide a huge efficiency boost, but are they actually writing what we want? Many users recognize the "feel" of LLM prose, but few people realize the extent to which LLMs distort the meaning of writing. We find this across three datasets: a human user study, a dataset of human argumentative essays, and reviews from a top machine learning conference. These results present a troub...