Please do not use an LLM to create a conference talk.
Please.
If you can't be bothered to put in the effort to write your own material, why should we put in effort to read the LLM slop you had your LLM post to the submission form?
What's in it …
more ...Please do not use an LLM to create a conference talk.
Please.
We want to hear your actual words in your actual voice We do not want diluted words created for you by sparkling auto-complete. We really don't.
The vibe around LLM slop may seem better to you. But it's …
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If the logs aren't good enough to reveal what's going on, fix the logs.
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One of the …
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Let's say you want to self-publish an ebook and a print-on-demand paperback book.
This isn't impossible, nor is it particularly easy. Here's what I've learned.
You've got two obvious paths to make sure your EPUB book and your print-on-demand book match:
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