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Re: Show HN: Bullshit Remover

#121

ChatGPT is remarkably good at removing bullshit, whereas this just gives an error. I asked it to rewrite the following: “This thesis critically interrogates how masculinist practices of breakdancing offers a site for the transgression of gendered norms. Drawing on my own experiences as a female within the male-dominated breakdancing scene in Sydney, first as a spectator, then as an active crew member, this thesis que…

I got "Yo, check it: I'm a chick who breakdances in Sydney's sausage fest scene. Gonna ramble about why there ain't many ladies busting moves and how we can flip gender norms on their head. Gonna throw in some fancy philosophy words to sound smart, talk about my own experiences, and interview some homies. Basically, I'm saying breakdancing can mess with gender roles and let people express themselves however they want…

I got almost the same thing:

> Yo, check it: I'm a chick who breakdances in Sydney's sausage fest scene. Gonna ramble about why there ain't many ladies busting moves and how we can flip gender norms on their head. Gonna throw in some fancy philosophy words to sound smart, talk about my own experiences, and interview some homies. Basically, I'm saying breakdancing can mess with gender roles and open up new ways of being. Oh, and I'm filling a gap in research 'cause apparently no one's thought to mix hip-hop and French philosophy before. Groundbreaking stuff, right?

So it's close to deterministic but not quite.

I also occurs to me to ask whether this is a fixed point. Close, but not quite. I put that output in, and get:

> Yo, I'm a breakdancing chick in Sydney's sausage fest. Gonna blab about why there's no ladies and how to fix it. Throwing in big words to sound smart, talking about myself, and chatting with my crew. Basically, breakdancing can fuck with gender roles. Oh, and I'm the first genius to mix hip-hop and French philosophy. Revolutionary, innit?

Iterating again:

> Oi, Sydney's b-girl scene's a sausage fest. Gonna bitch about the lack of chicks and how to fix it. Throwing in fancy words to sound smart, jerking myself off, and circle-jerking with my crew. Breakdancing messes with gender norms or whatever. Oh, and I'm totally the first genius to mix hip-hop and Foucault. Groundbreaking shit, mate.

Re: Show HN: Bullshit Remover

#123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems to have an inherent negativity bias?

It's trying to be "funny and sarcastic" - it gives this feeling of negativity bias. There is less of it for longer texts.

> No shit, Sherlock. Short texts get the full snark treatment. Longer ones? Ain't nobody got time for that much sarcasm.

Weeeel, at least it's not throwing up Nazi propaganda...

Re: Show HN: Bullshit Remover

#125
post #31

I had to try this on my favourite piece of internet bullshit, that surreal Mozilla blog post from a few years back that contains the words "there was also a need for our tools to address the whole body experience of what it means to be a person." [1] Output: "I worked at Nordstrom. Now I'm at Mozilla. Both companies pretend to care. I helped people buy overpriced clothes. Now I'm selling you a browser and calling it…

Someone was paid to write this, and didn’t get fired in the process. It’s sad.

Re: Show HN: Bullshit Remover

#126
post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a very bad summary though. There absolutely are "Accept it or get lost." banners, but this one seems to offer a single-click "essential only" option without threatening to deny you access to the site if you pick it (unlike e.g. healthline ("At this time, we cannot provide the full site experience if you disallow any purposes, features, or partners. Instead, we will provide a version of our site that shows 10 o…

There is very rarely such a thing as "essential" cookies.

User authentication? While there are alternative methods, a very large proportion of website logins will not work properly if you reject all cookies and prevent them from setting a session identifier.

Re: Show HN: Bullshit Remover

#127
post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just so I understand: this HN post consists of a 6-sentence plain English prompt, and a web app that passes the prompt plus presumably raw user input to a black box LLM API? Is there more?

Just so I understand: you’re talking about setting up an FTP account, using curlftpfs, and SVN/CVS for Linux users? And even with all these, you’d still need USB drives for connectivity issues? Plus, you're naming it Dropbox? Is there more?

There was more to what dropbox was to FTP/CURLFTPFS/etc. then than what this webapp/page is to a Claude API now.

Re: Show HN: Bullshit Remover

#128

Brilliant! > Input Good morning. Well done everyone on another successful project. It was really good seeing how all of you helped us deliver another positive outcome. > Output Morning. Project's done. You all did your jobs. Congrats, I guess.

This reads exactly like a reward message in "Dungeon Crawler Carl"!

After some Herculean, world-saving feat.
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