I agree, I think this is AI, especially based on 1 and 2. It's hard to put your finger on, and I don't know if we can know for sure. It reminds me of the writing style you see on LinkedIn i.e. seemingly optimised for engagement.
If they're not already, I wonder if LLMs will get better at disguising this (avoiding the tells, inserting mistakes etc.)
I also wonder if there comes a point where we as a culture imitate this style.
TBH, I don't like AI-generated content much too, X and many other platforms were also flooded with those, which I tend to ignore. I guess I also fall into the rabbit hole myself with the aid of AI nowadays.
It being dysfunctional is a convenient stick for this crowd to beat it with, but I wouldn't discount the issues. The U.S.'s allies aren't exactly thrilled with it.
Is it dysfunctional though? There have been issues with it (landing gear and helmets come to mind), but they don't seem to be out of the ordinary for fighter jet development. As for allies, they keep ordering F-35s (or at least trying to) so it seems like they're at least fine with it.
There might be some truth to this, but under Ballmer's leadership, Microsoft's inflexibility re: the use of competing hardware came with its own problems. Since Nadella relaxed this policy, it's unclear to me whether you could say HW quality is worse. In any case, the significance of this policy may be overstated one way or the other.
There's a pretty huge range. It's a function of how much you load into context and how long the task is. So if you dump an entire directory with 100k tokens into context and then proceed to do a task that requires 20 steps, that will cost you a lot. Maybe >$10. But a small task where you're just making a few changes and only have a few small files in context (say 5k tokens) won't cost much at all, maybe like $0.10.
I haven't done too much digging into exactly how much people who are using Plandex Cloud are spending, but I'd say the range is quite wide even among people who are using the tool frequently. Some are doing small tasks here and there and not spending much--maybe they're on track for $5-10 per month, while I'd guess some other heavy users are on track to spend hundreds per month.
If they're not already, I wonder if LLMs will get better at disguising this (avoiding the tells, inserting mistakes etc.)
I also wonder if there comes a point where we as a culture imitate this style.