pablumese

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/ˌpæb.ləˈmiːz/

noun

A style of writing characterized by pablum, used for example by commercial large language models (LLMs).

“, Zhengyuan Wang [University of Pennsylvania], Pablumese: Emerging AI Writing as an Alternative Approach to Chinese Poetics”

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounpablumese (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableA style of writing characterized by pablum, used for example by commercial large language models (LLMs).

    , Zhengyuan Wang [University of Pennsylvania], Pablumese: Emerging AI Writing as an Alternative Approach to Chinese Poetics

    3 more examples

    Mr. Lantos: [...] I don't want to characterize all IG reports as putting us to sleep, but most IG reports are a combination of accountese and pablumese and, in fact, give one the impression that instead of deliberately highlighting problems, many IG reports attempt to camouflage problems, to play down problems.

    1990, United States House Committee on Government Operations, Employment and Housing Subcommittee, Abuses, Favoritism, and Mismanagement in HUD Programs: Hearings Before the Employment and Housing Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, page 722

    […] reports are written in a combination of pablumese and accountese. They rely too heavily on auditor's terms which sometimes have the effect of downplaying the nature and extent of the problem.

    1992, United States House Committee on Government Operations, Taking a Byte Out of History: The Archival Preservation of Federal Computer Records : Twenty-fifth Report, page 8

    [Conal Boyce responded:] "Here's one of the problems with ChatGPT and its brethren: Not only does it spew what Victor calls 'pablumese' but for technical questions it then mixes its pablumese with quantitative nonsense, creating a truly creepy kind of output."

    2023 March 22, Victor Mair, Language Log

Origin

Translations

Polish pablumese
  • pablumesestyle of writing used by commercial LLMs
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Chicago

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