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Posted by usefulposter 2 days ago

Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans(news.ycombinator.com)
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Copenjin 2 days ago|
THIS.
pton_xd 2 days ago||
Let's take it one step further and add the corollary, "don't submit generated/AI-edited blog posts."
whalesalad 2 days ago||
You're absolutely right!
informal007 2 days ago||
This reminds me the invitation rules like lobste.rs, but it's not the ideal option
jeffrallen 2 days ago||
I, for one, welcome my human overlords.
WarmWash 2 days ago||
Just speaking honestly

This rule actually says "Don't admit when you are using AI to generate comments and don't admit when you are an AI"

I know it's cynical, but this is as meaningful as reddit's "upvote/downvote is not an agree/disagree or like/dislike button"

People may hate that this is true, but I cannot logically reason out how a rule like this could work. I think it's better to just accept that AI is now part of the circle, until we can figure out a "human check".

joquarky 1 day ago|
In practice, the new rule is "don't be blatant when using AI".

It won't matter in a few years anyway.

misiti3780 2 days ago||
i support this.
gos9 1 day ago||
Half of this thread is AI assisted writing. lol.
Timothycquinn 2 days ago||
AI Server Error
add-sub-mul-div 2 days ago|
Is there a site that deserves more than this one to be destroyed by slop? It's hypocritical but telling for the places most actively trying to profit from it to ban it themselves.
MattRix 2 days ago||
It’s not hypocritical at all. You can be a fan of a technology and still acknowledge its downsides. Every technology has places it is useful and places it is harmful.
add-sub-mul-div 2 days ago||
But it's trivially evident that the harmful use cases are dominating. Handwaving that away for profit is shitty.
ares623 2 days ago|||
Agreed. It's like how tech CEOs don't let their kids be on social media. Or fast food CEOs don't eat their own products.

Hopefully this serves as a mirror for some tech folks if they have any self awareness left at all.

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