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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)
4179 points | 1648 commentspage 25
leej111 2 days ago|
I enjoy AI
ttul 2 days ago||
em-dash -> permaban?
jb-wells 1 day ago||
... --- ... ^_^ %+% -.-. ---?
jb-wells 1 day ago||
... --- ... %/% %_% ^+?
flammafex 1 day ago||
So is this the AI bubble popping?

I expect Y Combinator to cease and revoke all funding of all companies that leverage LLM technologies that interact with humans.

I wonder if there's an AI-hate movement in China.

joquarky 1 day ago|
China doesn't have the same copyright culture underlying most of the hate in the US, so I would be curious if the genAI haters within Chinese culture have more pragmatic reasons to dislike it.
nyc_data_geek1 2 days ago||
Take the slop to moltbook.
tlogan 2 days ago||
But we are missing the point here.

It is not about whether the comment was written by AI, a native English speaker, English major, or ESL.

What matters is an idea or an opinion. That is all what matters.

This is similar to when people check someones post history and if they are pro Trump, they are immediately against their idea or opinion.

dogemaster2025 2 days ago||
I wonder if the rule will be enforced. I see a lot of liberal / socialist / communist / anti Trump / Democratic Party politics in here even though the rule says that “Off-Topic: Most stories about politics”.
tromp 2 days ago||
Also please don't post accusations of comments reeking of AI.
ashdksnndck 2 days ago||
I don’t respond to specific comments with accusations, because I can’t prove it and it would suck to be falsely accused. But I find it really depressing to watch deep comment threads with someone debating with an AI. The human is putting so much effort in, and the AI is responding with all these well-written but often flawed arguments. I wish I could do something to save that person from that interaction.
joquarky 1 day ago||
Learn to let it go. Some of us have to learn the hard way.

"If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise." -- William Blake, Heaven and Hell

panarky 2 days ago|||
Just like the rules say it's uninteresting and off-topic to complain that HN is turning into Reddit, it's equally uninteresting and off-topic to accuse posters of AI crimes.

And everyone's personal AI detector has a ridiculously high false-positive rate.

lapcat 2 days ago|||
Good point. I think that should be added here:

> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.

krapp 2 days ago|||
We can now that it's an actual guideline. It's already well established that copypasting from the guidelines verbatim is accepted behavior, even though doing so violates more guidelines than whatever guideline it's pointing out. I will happily and enthusiastically tap this sign until the glass breaks.
bakugo 2 days ago|||
You're absolutely right! Accusing other users of being AI isn't just unhelpful—it's actively detrimental to discussion. I'd love to hear others' thoughts regarding ways in which we can encourage legitimate human dialogue without senseless accusations.
minimaxir 2 days ago||
A recommended follow-up is "stop pretending to be a bot ironically for humor, it's a joke that's been done to death and is therefore no longer funny and just noise."
fragmede 2 days ago||
So you're saying it's not funny, it's annoying!
bob1029 2 days ago||
I often find the LLM witch hunt comments to be more distracting than the original LLM slop. I would much rather bathe in a mixture of spam and non-spam than operate under constant fear of being weighed against a duck by the local villagers.
fHr 2 days ago|
lmfao ycombinator that funds with millions AI companies, holy hypocrites haha
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