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“Policy for LLM Writing on LessWrong” by jimrandomh

Mar 25, 2025

Discover how LessWrong is shaping content standards amid the rise of AI-generated writing. New policies emphasize the need for significant human input when using language models as writing aids. Learn about acceptable formats for AI content and the importance of rigorous human oversight. The discussion also touches on the creative potential of AI while ensuring quality and authenticity in posts. This chat unpacks the balance of technology and human touch in the writing process.

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Significant human contribution is mandatory in submissions using AI, ensuring that content meets LessWrong's high quality standards.

AI-generated content can be included in collapsible sections if properly labeled, maintaining transparency without compromising overall post quality.

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Guidelines for Using AI in Writing

The policy for using AI in writing emphasizes that submissions must involve significant human contributions beyond what the language model provides. Users are encouraged to enhance AI-generated content to meet high quality standards and verify all information included. A suggested practice is to dedicate at least one minute of editing for every 50 words generated by the AI, ensuring thorough reviews and important modifications. Additionally, unedited or lightly edited LLM content is discouraged, and the typical AI writing style should be avoided to maintain the quality expected on the platform.

Guidelines for AI-Assisted Writing on LessWrong

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LessWrong has been receiving an increasing number of posts and contents that look like they might be LLM-written or partially-LLM-written, so we're adopting a policy. This could be changed based on feedback.

Humans Using AI as Writing or Research Assistants

Prompting a language model to write an essay and copy-pasting the result will not typically meet LessWrong's standards. Please do not submit unedited or lightly-edited LLM content. You can use AI as a writing or research assistant when writing content for LessWrong, but you must have added significant value beyond what the AI produced, the result must meet a high quality standard, and you must vouch for everything in the result.

A rough guideline is that if you are using AI for writing assistance, you should spend a minimum of 1 minute per 50 words (enough to read the content several times and perform significant edits), you should not [...]

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(00:22) Humans Using AI as Writing or Research Assistants

(01:13) You Can Put AI Writing in Collapsible Sections

(02:13) Quoting AI Output In Order to Talk About AI

(02:47) Posts by AI Agents

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March 24th, 2025

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https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KXujJjnmP85u8eM6B/policy-for-llm-writing-on-lesswrong

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“Policy for LLM Writing on LessWrong” by jimrandomh

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Guidelines for Using AI in Writing

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