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Just so you know, I'm going to need some really tight, informed, preferably footnoted reasoning to accept ANY further "this is why the Roman empire fell" parallels. ... See MoreSee Less
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How did this comparison become so popular? It keeps resurfacing. My first memory of it was Pat Buchanan’s rhetoric but it may go back farther. It’s like a default claim to whip out whenever people want to attack the existence of others, maybe because they think it makes them sound smart.
I’ve got alternate empires in mind.
Claims of the current US political system resembling the fall of the Roman Empire seem very popular right now. I disagree with that notion, I believe that we resemble the late Roman Republic, there are a lot of parallels in my opinion. The anxiety of the people is fueling populists who claim they want to save the Republic, but in reality those same populists erode the Republic’s stability and pave the way for autocracy. I’m sorry I don’t have any footnotes or a more in depth response, don’t have as much time to prepare something spur of the moment as I used to. But I’ve had the opinion that we are headed the way of the late Roman Republic since 2016
This is my favorite!! ☠️🫠😂 I’d specifically share why, but I think it is VERBOTEN.
But it’s way easier to throw the Roman Empire around haphazardly;)
I have observed no tunics about, only a few unsupervised lunatics
I’m South African so this doesn’t feel as urgent for us (not to downplay America’s rather central role in global politics). But this has also crossed my mind and I just think it’s interesting that this is a notion we obviously feel at the moment (not implying there aren’t some very sound reasons for such a conclusion). It clearly is a shared emotional response which is itself interesting and probably worth thinking about.
No- silly- it’s best to just continue to repost your favorite people’s unsubstantiated opinions, because how can that go wrong? No facts, stats or research needed.
On Facebook? Good luck with that! Haha
Oh and be sure not to ask questions or for research- that’s social media rude.
I think it’s the only fallen empire people know to name drop!
So...no memes?🤔
I see it more as the end of the republic.
I haven’t listened to this yet, so I’m not endorsing it, but Mike Duncan’s The History of Rome podcast was my older son’s passion after he had read The Story of the World four or five times—eternal gratitude to you for awakening his love of history!!! And Know Your Enemy is one of my favorite podcasts. So I have high expectations for this interview. www.patreon.com/rss/knowyourenemy?auth=jF4JXXpWtjkiRlm2h8x8gutVbxZHKnf1
Matthew 5:5 ❤️
In which we learn that Chat GPT and bad freshman English essays have a lot in common.
A useful piece!
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These phrases make it extremely obvious that you used ChatGPT
“Treasure trove”
“Intricate tapestry”
“It’s important to note that”
“It’s essential to consider”
“While navigating the complexities of”
“A testament to”
“Furthermore”
“Consequently”
“In the world of”
“Let’s delve into”
“Look no further than”
“Whether you’re… or…”
“A plethora of”
“In conclusion”
What do most of these phrases have in common?
They’re low-effort transition phrases that don’t mean much of anything. They’re fluff. Place-holders. Wasted word-count. Bad writing.
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I’m a Professional Editor and These Phrases Tell Me You Used ChatGPT
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AI chatbots were trained on novice writing, and it shows4 days ago
It’s tough for autistic kids who overuse jargon like this in their normal way of speaking/writing. A lot of them sound like ChatGPT naturally. :/
I use a couple of those, but not often.
"delve" is a big giveaway. ChatGPT never fails not to use it.
Nope. Furthermore and consequently are great!
I don’t agree with this at all. My son is ND and on the spectrum and he uses these phrases in his writing. It worries me to see people making sweeping generalizations like this. Also it’s indicative that they are not really familiar with how ChatGPT works. ChatGPT is an adaptive AI. So these phrases are not necessarily out of the box vocab for every GPT out there. You can actually train it to write in your “voice”. So that’s another issue with making sweeping generalizations like this.
I use furthermore and consequently and treasure trove and plethora on a regular basis, and I’ve never used ChatGPT. I don’t take offense easily, but I would take offense if someone accused me of using ChatGPT just because I use words like this. 
Some of these I understand but others are just random words and I don't use ChatGPT and I do and have used these in academic writing. SOME (read A LOT) kids were taught formulaic essay writing in a public school setting and until we grow beyond that you will see some of this as a result. I used "In conclusion" for practically forever. This is a poorly written way to "detect" AI imo.
What are the phrases? I am unable to see the whole article, thanks!
Furthermore? Did YOU use ChatGpt to arrive at this conclusion…
These aren’t the strongest word choices but your comment reminds me of why I loathed writing for certain teachers in college. “Good” vs “bad” writing is a very subjective label. In the same first year of college I had one instructor write “Lacks voice” and “Redundant” on an assignment while another instructor pulled me aside after class and encouraged me to look into publishing. My guess is my writing was solidly average but that “Lacks voice” on my paper is probably the day I stopped enjoying writing and that entire year was the wake-up call that I didn’t really care. It is the time of AI now and, while I know the “Bad writing” comment is a call to inspire the masses to strive for more, it’s going to drive home the feeling of “Not worth trying” for a lot of students. I think I would have related to your thinking more when I was younger. These days I lean more toward Julie Bogart’s way.
I think furthermore and in conclusion are pretty common for actually writers.
This is a VERY good post! I'll need to look into this for my students' Spanish essays.
I’ve been a professional writer for 21 years and use many of these in my writing. 🙁
I've also seen people claim that the use of em dashes and semicolons indicates AI, which is bunk.
This drives me nuts because I loved flowery language as a child and definitely used these from time to time. I can see a well-read child using them without realizing. (and interestingly, a couple times I did get a call to my parents asking them if I had done my own work - long before AI)
What's wrong with "furthermore," "consequently," and "plethora?" These are all normal words for me. While some of the phrases seem a little trite, others like "in conclusion" and "whether you're... or..." have their uses even if they're a little boring.
And yet most of us are taught (nay, required) to write using these kind of transitions from 6th grade through high school.
For me, as a former university professor, now junior high history teacher, I can see AI a mile away. It almost always has the same writing style. Sure, there are some phrases and certain words—and those are not enough on their own. Other tell-tale, and easier to detect signs are present. I am not aware if anyone failing a student over certain terms, and one would hope a teacher would have the wherewithal to understand a student’s writing style. I am not seeing this article actually say that it is 100%.
Perhaps the engineers behind Chat GPT should have spent more effort in English class! 🤔
Over half of these are transitions I learned back in elementary school in the 1970’s. I still use them. We need to be careful if we are going to nail students for using AI. Keep in mind, AI adapts. We recently had multiple visits to our school from Dr. Po Shen Lo of Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Lo is the Coach of the U.S. Math Olympic Team and an expert on AI and AI Chat. I believe he would not concur
It is important to note and essential to consider while navigating the complexities of ChatGTP, look no further than the plethora of articles about freshmen and AI use.
I sometimes write similar phrases and the grammar feature always catches it. I use grammar edit because I stink at punctuation. Maybe this Ai function should employ grammar check first
I teach music online and have required timestamps for my assignments. Students continue to use AI and don’t seem to understand how ridiculous it is to expect AI to be able to pinpoint the time a piece does something specific re:musical elements. Now all I have to do is scan an assignment for timestamps to see if they all start at 5 or 10 second increments. My last assignment used a live performance where the ensemble didn’t begin playing until 30 seconds in. I am in the midst of fighting with a student who assures me she DID the assignment even though an entire paragraph includes timestamps where no music is playing. The system is coming apart at the seams and everybody refuses to see that the emperor is naked.
So.... I was taught to write back in the eighties. I write like this. 🤷♀️
I use some of these myself.
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