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Glubux's Powerwall (2016)

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Kaytaro ◴[] No.43550650[source]
The 2nd quote is when I realized this article was written or assisted by AI. Not that it's a big deal, that's our world now. But it's interesting to notice the subtle 'accent' that gives it away.
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dartos ◴[] No.43550687[source]
What about it gives off the AI smell to you?
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1. zahlman ◴[] No.43551290[source]
Because it's presenting a bunch of smooth prose that utterly fails at logical continuity.

1. What point is the author trying to make? Leading off "Glubux even began" implies that the effort was extraordinary in some way, but if this action was "key to making the system work effectively and sustainably" then it can't really have been that extraordinary. The writing is confused between trying to make the effort sound exceptional vs. giving a technical explanation of how the end result works.

2. Why, exactly, would "removing individual cells and organizing them into custom racks" be "key to making the system work effectively and sustainably"?

3. How is the system's effectiveness related to its sustainable operation; why should these ideas be mentioned in the same breath?

4. Why is the author confident about the above points, but unsure about the level of "manual labor and technical knowledge" that would be required?

Aside from that, overall it just reads like what you'd expect to find in a high school essay.

Edit: after actually taking a look at TFA, another thing that smells off to me is the way that bold text is used. It seems very unnatural to me.