Wild tale, but very annoying that he wrote it with an AI. It's horribly jarring to read.
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I'm not trying to be recalcitrant, rather I am genuinly curious. The reason I ask is that no one talks like a LLM, but LLMs do talk like someone. LLMs learned to mimic human speech patterns, and some unlucky soul(s) out there have had their voice stolen. Earlier versions of LLMs of LLMs that more closely followed the pattern and structure of a wikipedia entry were mimicking a style that that was based of someone elses style and given some wiki users had prolific levels of contributions, much of their naturally generated text would register as highly likely to be "AI" via those bullshit ai detector tools.
So, given what we know of LLMs (transformers at least) at this stage it seems more likely to me that current speech patterns again are mimicry of someones style rather than an organically grown/developed thing that is personal to the LLM.
Way too verbose to get the point across, excessive usage of un/ordered bullets, em dashes, "what i reported / what coinbase got wrong", it all reeks of slop.
Once you notice these micro-patterns, you can't unsee them.
Would you like me to create a cheat sheet for you with these tell tale signs so you have it for future reference?
> Over‑polished prose – flawless grammar, overly formal tone, and excessive wordiness.
> Repetitive buzzwords – phrases like “delve into,” “navigate,” “vibrant,” “comprehensive,” etc.
> Lack of perspective shifts – AI usually sticks to a single narrative voice; humans naturally mix first, second, and third person.
> Excessive em‑dashes – AI tends to over‑use them, breaking flow.
> Anodyne, neutral stance – AI avoids strong opinions, trying to please every reader.
> Human writing often contains minor errors, idiosyncratic punctuation, and a more nuanced, opinionated voice.
> It's not just x, it's y
Overuse of "Here's..." to introduce or further every concept or idea.
A few parts of this article particularly jump out, such as the 2 lists following the "The SMS Flooding Attack" section (which incidentally begins "Here's where..."). A human wouldn't write them as lists (the first list in particular), they'd be normal paragraphs. Short bulleted lists are a good way to get across simple bite-sized pieces of information quickly, but that's in cases where people aren't going to read a large block of text, e.g. in ads. Overusing them in the wrong medium, breaking up a piece of prose like this, just hurts its flow and readability.