Humans already revise and refine their thinking. Tools just compress that process and help filter signal from noise. The meaning still originates with the person.
salicaster 1 day ago|
This is assuming that an extreme majority of people use the tools this way.
Consider a much more cynical view where people are strictly self-interested and use these tools to garner engagement and self-promotion. Good chance the meaning did not originate from the person. And now these people have tools to outsource their parasitic intentions.
waynerisner 1 day ago||
Intent is hard to infer, so it seems better to assume good faith and judge the comment itself. Thinking aids might just lower the barrier for people to participate in technical discussions.
sebmellen 1 day ago||
Check my comment history, and you'll see how pervasive this is. I've tried to reply to every bot I've seen, but it's hard to keep up with.
blef 1 day ago||
Ironic to see how popular this post is when you see the amount of generated AI companies are at YC (here I also take the blame).
Nonetheless I like this policy as well.
FieryTransition 1 day ago||
As ai moves on and becomes better, the only real solution, is to have closed of communities where you get veted to join. That is the sad reality.
sigmar 1 day ago||
Will using a voice-to-text app to create my comment get me banned? Especially if it creates a transcription mistake that might be characteristic of an LLM
handoflixue 1 day ago|
I wouldn't expect voice-to-text apps to produce anything that looks "Signature LLM" since it's still your words, your grammar, etc.. The occasional transcription mistake is unlikely to be an issue either, given the prevalence of humans here who use em-dashes, speak ESL, etc..
sansii 1 hour ago||
I've been using a voice-to-text app on android that replaces my keyboard. I love it because on mobile I can speak faster than I type, but it does produce perfectly written text with no grammar mistakes and better flow and structure. So it doesn't write my speech 1:1. It has made writing on my phone much more fun and increased my productivity and decreased my threshold for commenting on forums. But now I guess I won't be using it on HN in the future...
(Disclaimer: I did not use it for this comment)
stephenlf 1 day ago||
Great catch! You’re absolutely right. AI-generated comments have no place in this human-centered community.
sbtyusun 1 day ago||
First post in HN, and this is the reason I want to explore more in this community. Glad to have all the digital human touch with all your folks :-)
charlie0 1 day ago||
That comment is nice, but virtually meaningless as there's no way to enforce it, even if there were mods.
happytoexplain 1 day ago|
Unenforceable guidelines are not meaningless unless humans are all without care, in which case why would you even want to be talking to them in the first place.
mamami 1 day ago||
YC funds a gazillion AI startups that expand and augment the AI slop pipeline, but would hate to experience the consequences. It's very much slop for thee but not for me
xupybd 1 day ago|
Where do we draw the line at AI edited comments. Technically spell check has been "editing" my comments since I first started on here.