As someone who has worked in print for 20 years you would be surprised how often stupid shit goes to print and no one catches it despite multiple people looking at it throughout the processes before it gets to me at the end point.
I was a graphic designer for many years. We’d get multiple revisions for everything except copy. We’d paste in the copy exactly as provided, I’d catch a few obvious spelling and grammatical errors, showing they didn’t even run a simple spellcheck, and off it would go into the approval loop. I had to mark every spelling change in the notes. Teh --> The, etc.
No one reads the copy. All the way through to the press check. They catch the copy mistakes AFTER the print run. Sorry, I don’t know how the founder’s French name is spelled.
Also, human brains are not that good at proofreading huge amounts of text. We tend to zone out and lose focus. It’s just a quirk of the way our brains work and the human condition. Ironically, an LLM is comparatively great at scaming large bodies of text for errors like this; rather than being used to create the book in the first place.
Some brains. Not all brains. Typos jump out at me even when I’m not actively trying to read. It’s not uncommon for me to point out a misspelling on a sign I’m casually passing by.
I understand and agree most people miss such details; that’s why editors are so important. I just think it should be noted that not every human brain works the same way. Some are more detail-oriented that others, some lock in to certain patterns more than others, and what can be a challenge for one person could be a breeze for another.
Please don’t discount the neurodivergent when attempting to define “the human condition.”
Very true. It more frequently happens with customer approved artwork which is even better for us as we get paid twice as it isn’t our fault but more often than not they want it rectified.
As someone who has worked in print for 20 years you would be surprised how often stupid shit goes to print and no one catches it despite multiple people looking at it throughout the processes before it gets to me at the end point.
I was a graphic designer for many years. We’d get multiple revisions for everything except copy. We’d paste in the copy exactly as provided, I’d catch a few obvious spelling and grammatical errors, showing they didn’t even run a simple spellcheck, and off it would go into the approval loop. I had to mark every spelling change in the notes. Teh --> The, etc.
No one reads the copy. All the way through to the press check. They catch the copy mistakes AFTER the print run. Sorry, I don’t know how the founder’s French name is spelled.
I can only imagine it’s worse now with AI.
This is what the CYA contract is for.
No one really looks because someone else will notice
Also, human brains are not that good at proofreading huge amounts of text. We tend to zone out and lose focus. It’s just a quirk of the way our brains work and the human condition. Ironically, an LLM is comparatively great at scaming large bodies of text for errors like this; rather than being used to create the book in the first place.
Did you notice the typo in my comment?
Yeah, scamming is missing an m, and the rest of the sentence doesn’t make much sense.
It should be LLMs are great at scamming, period.
It was originally “scanning”
Well, it was wrong then, wasn’t it?
Some brains. Not all brains. Typos jump out at me even when I’m not actively trying to read. It’s not uncommon for me to point out a misspelling on a sign I’m casually passing by.
I understand and agree most people miss such details; that’s why editors are so important. I just think it should be noted that not every human brain works the same way. Some are more detail-oriented that others, some lock in to certain patterns more than others, and what can be a challenge for one person could be a breeze for another.
Please don’t discount the neurodivergent when attempting to define “the human condition.”
Same for me. I was speaking generally, of course. Please don’t try and needlessly frame me as exclusionary
:)Very true. It more frequently happens with customer approved artwork which is even better for us as we get paid twice as it isn’t our fault but more often than not they want it rectified.