Show HN: Qwen3-4B with the AI writing tics trained out
AI summary
Editorial policyA small open model, Qwen3-4B, fine-tuned on a MacBook Air, writes naturally by removing specific AI writing tics.
Key points
- •It removes AI writing tics such as em dashes, 'not X, but Y' constructions, and lists of three.
- •It demonstrates answers on 40 held-out prompts without using a system prompt.
- •The article shares details on the training rounds and how to run the model.