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Ask HN: Do you ask the LLM to intentionally add spelling errors?

A Hacker News user asked the community whether they instruct large language models to intentionally add spelling errors to make AI-generated text appear more personal. The discussion explores techniques for humanizing AI writing, with one commenter suggesting feeding the model a user's own articles to mimic their style rather than relying on named style descriptions.

read1 min publishedMay 29, 2026

Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Ask HN: Do you ask the LLM to intentionally add spelling errors? 1 point by div3rs3

15 minutes ago

| hide | past | favorite | 2 comments What are your tricks for making AI assisted writing feel personal?

simon84

12 minutes ago

[–] AI is not so good at identifying a writing style by name. Instead I feed it a few articles I wrote and tell it to follow the same style. This gives way better results imho reply div3rs3

7 minutes ago

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[–] Do you feel the output could've been yours, or is it about the output feeling more humane? reply

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