{"slug": "ask-hn-do-you-ask-the-llm-to-intentionally-add-spelling-errors", "title": "Ask HN: Do you ask the LLM to intentionally add spelling errors?", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n | \npast\n | \ncomments\n | \nask\n | \nshow\n | \njobs\n | \nsubmit\nlogin\nAsk HN: Do you ask the LLM to intentionally add spelling errors?\n1 point\n by \ndiv3rs3\n \n15 minutes ago\n \n | \nhide\n | \npast\n | \nfavorite\n | \n2 comments\nWhat are your tricks for making AI assisted writing feel personal?\n\nsimon84\n \n12 minutes ago\n \n \n[–]\n\nAI is not so good at identifying a writing style by name.\nInstead I feed it a few articles I wrote and tell it to follow the same style.\nThis gives way better results imho\nreply\ndiv3rs3\n \n7 minutes ago\n \n | \nparent\n \n[–]\n\nDo you feel the output could've been yours, or is it about the output feeling more humane?\nreply\n\nGuidelines\n | \nFAQ\n | \nLists\n | \nAPI\n | \nSecurity\n | \nLegal\n | \nApply to YC\n | \nContact", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-you-ask-the-llm-to-intentionally-add-spelling-errors", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48328825", "published_at": "2026-05-29 20:31:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-29 20:47:40.418018+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "generative-ai", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Hacker News", "simon84", "div3rs3"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-you-ask-the-llm-to-intentionally-add-spelling-errors", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-you-ask-the-llm-to-intentionally-add-spelling-errors.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-you-ask-the-llm-to-intentionally-add-spelling-errors.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-you-ask-the-llm-to-intentionally-add-spelling-errors.jsonld"}}