What's this about?
Baoyu observes a contradiction: people dislike reading obviously AI-written text, yet they chase "skills" that strip the AI flavor out of AI writing. He says he built such skills himself and gave up — the tells (odd word pairings, over-structured narration) always resurface when you look back later.
What exactly is "AI flavor" / "AI taste"?
"AI flavor" is the hard-to-name feeling that text was machine-written: too tidy, oddly balanced, certain overused phrasings and structures. It's a moving target — as models change, the tells shift — which is why permanent "de-AI" fixes don't hold.
Why it matters
It's a candid take on a booming cottage industry (prompts/skills to hide AI authorship) and why it may be a losing game.