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Re: Show HN: Cut the crap – remove AI bullshit from websites

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Post by keiferski »

px43 wrote: post #69
keiferski wrote: post #60

I bookmarked this comment a few months ago because I thought it was hilarious and increasingly accurate: It's approaching a very strange situation where people make overly wordy and bloated AI generated content and other people try to use AI to compress it back into useful pellets vaguely corresponding to the actual prompts used to generate the initial content. Which were the only bits anybody cared about in the firs…

Isn't this an advancement in communication though? People can put out a message in whatever language or style they prefer, the machine translators translate it into an overly verbose AI vomit, and readers condense it back down into the exact kind of personalized language they're wanting to consume.

Depends on your theory of communication, I guess. If it’s to get the most tailored message possible, then yeah it is an advancement. But if it’s about communicating authentic feelings/thoughts between two people, then it’s a big step backwards. This might not be super relevant for random website content, but if for example people start using generative AI to communicate with each other, I think it will feel very alienating.

Re: Show HN: Cut the crap – remove AI bullshit from websites

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Post by moffkalast »

keiferski wrote: post #60

I bookmarked this comment a few months ago because I thought it was hilarious and increasingly accurate: It's approaching a very strange situation where people make overly wordy and bloated AI generated content and other people try to use AI to compress it back into useful pellets vaguely corresponding to the actual prompts used to generate the initial content. Which were the only bits anybody cared about in the firs…

Reminds me of this comic: https://preview.redd.it/v1ylid5639ra1.png?width=1024&auto=we...

In a culture where pointless busywork is seen as mandatory to appear proper, people will eventually automate it.

Re: Show HN: Cut the crap – remove AI bullshit from websites

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Post by exe34 »

px43 wrote: post #69
keiferski wrote: post #60

I bookmarked this comment a few months ago because I thought it was hilarious and increasingly accurate: It's approaching a very strange situation where people make overly wordy and bloated AI generated content and other people try to use AI to compress it back into useful pellets vaguely corresponding to the actual prompts used to generate the initial content. Which were the only bits anybody cared about in the firs…

Isn't this an advancement in communication though? People can put out a message in whatever language or style they prefer, the machine translators translate it into an overly verbose AI vomit, and readers condense it back down into the exact kind of personalized language they're wanting to consume.

that's an interesting idea, we might get to hear what we want. it's like when you tell a manager "yes it would work that way but it would require more time", they hear "yes that's fine!"

Re: Show HN: Cut the crap – remove AI bullshit from websites

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Post by wcfrobert »

keiferski wrote: post #60

I bookmarked this comment a few months ago because I thought it was hilarious and increasingly accurate: It's approaching a very strange situation where people make overly wordy and bloated AI generated content and other people try to use AI to compress it back into useful pellets vaguely corresponding to the actual prompts used to generate the initial content. Which were the only bits anybody cared about in the firs…

What that comment is describing is already here. A colleague sent an email that was obviously AI-generated (bloated, repetitive, low signal-to-noise ratio). I guess he's quite new to the team and it's a sign of formality, but I really don't mind if you send me just the bullet-point notes... Why are we going through this encoding-decoding process? I think succinctness and low-noise writing will be treasured in the age of AI.

Re: Show HN: Cut the crap – remove AI bullshit from websites

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Post by fallinditch »

I would like this to also help by rewriting the copy of app/SASS landing pages. So often I find myself bemused and frustrated by websites that don't communicate why I should be interested in their product. I.e. a description in simple terms about what's in it for me ? What are the benefits of the main features? How will this make my life better? (And also: why might this software be unsuitable for me?).

Re: Show HN: Cut the crap – remove AI bullshit from websites

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Post by ivanjermakov »

fallinditch wrote: post #76

I would like this to also help by rewriting the copy of app/SASS landing pages. So often I find myself bemused and frustrated by websites that don't communicate why I should be interested in their product. I.e. a description in simple terms about what's in it for me ? What are the benefits of the main features? How will this make my life better? (And also: why might this software be unsuitable for me?).

If it is a product oriented on developers, often first paragraph on the "Docs" page is what you're looking for. Because it is written by engineer, not marketer

Re: Show HN: Cut the crap – remove AI bullshit from websites

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Post by cf100clunk »

As a test, I used the term ''golden syrup'' in the following recipe search engine:

https://recipe-search.typesense.org/?r

The first result was an eyesore made only slightly less objectionable by filtering and blocking:

https://www.food.com/recipe/golden-syrup-141640

but then passing that URL through this tool yielded clear, simple, de-enshittified results. Bravo!

Re: Show HN: Cut the crap – remove AI bullshit from websites

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Post by gherkinnn »

px43 wrote: post #69
keiferski wrote: post #60

I bookmarked this comment a few months ago because I thought it was hilarious and increasingly accurate: It's approaching a very strange situation where people make overly wordy and bloated AI generated content and other people try to use AI to compress it back into useful pellets vaguely corresponding to the actual prompts used to generate the initial content. Which were the only bits anybody cared about in the firs…

Isn't this an advancement in communication though? People can put out a message in whatever language or style they prefer, the machine translators translate it into an overly verbose AI vomit, and readers condense it back down into the exact kind of personalized language they're wanting to consume.

It is both lossy and takes up more space, how is that an advancement?
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