If I had to characterize it, most minimally-prompted LLM prose has two issues:
- the writing always feels self-important. I would feel a lot more receptive if I perceived that the writer came from a place of humility
- like you pointed out, overuse of writing techniques that work best if used sparingly. Sentence fragments can be effective for emphasizing a point, but if you use it in every. Single. paragraph, the effect is gone. It’s very amateurish.
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I can't even call this LLM smell at this point it's a stench.
If I had to characterize it, most minimally-prompted LLM prose has two issues:
- the writing always feels self-important. I would feel a lot more receptive if I perceived that the writer came from a place of humility
- like you pointed out, overuse of writing techniques that work best if used sparingly. Sentence fragments can be effective for emphasizing a point, but if you use it in every. Single. paragraph, the effect is gone. It’s very amateurish.