Astro Hacker News - ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style

malshe |next [-]

This is rich considering LLMs can't even write like an average person let alone famous authors

akoboldfrying |root |parent |next [-]

Even LLMs from years ago could accurately mimic the style of any sufficiently famous author.

est |root |parent |next [-]

LLMs from years ago weren't aligned to death like these days. It's hard to get rid of "AI smell" than years ago.

Bolwin |root |parent |previous [-]

Yeah and it's degraded significantly since then. Older llms were still mostly language focused and had a lot of latent knowledge about things like writing styles. Now it's crowded out in favor of agenetic work, programming etc.

conception |root |parent [-]

I’m surprised no one has distilled a 4o model yet that’s really good at prose. No money from enterprise users I suppose.

Eloissssss |root |parent |previous [-]

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Mountain_Skies |next |previous [-]

Ask the LLM to describe that author's style. Then start a new chat and tell it what you want it to write, giving it the author's style as a guide but without mentioning the author. While I've never used it for this particular purpose, I've used variations of this technique to get around other blocks quite well.

nonethewiser |root |parent [-]

Seems reliable and effective

newsomix9xl |next |previous [-]

What about public domain authored works style?

lethologica |next |previous [-]

After it stole literally every authors style in existence…

quotemstr |previous [-]

Another one of those interventions that'll just put US labs at a disadvantage. The public at large doesn't want to use models gimped so as to protect a bunch of pre-AI special interests who should adapt, not obstruct.

notfromhere |root |parent [-]

Gee maybe building a business on top of mass ip theft might have consequences