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Re: Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans

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No way to verify. Relying on the humans here to self censor has never worked in the history of man. But the idea in itself is good. HN is for human to human conversation.

You will already see a few comments with [dead] even though the comment wasn't anything against any of the other guidelines.

Re: Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans

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No way to verify. Relying on the humans here to self censor has never worked in the history of man. But the idea in itself is good. HN is for human to human conversation.

Just because people get murdered doesn't mean that laws against murder are useless. Although I don't have any evidence of that.

Well the laws against murders also often have punishments/repercussions associated with them. HN guidelines? Not so much

Re: Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans

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No way to verify. Relying on the humans here to self censor has never worked in the history of man. But the idea in itself is good. HN is for human to human conversation.

> Relying on the humans here to self censor has never worked in the history of man. They're guidelines. HN is based almost entirely on self-censorship, and moderation has always been light at best, partly due to the moderator-to-comment ratio. Of course the HN guidelines often fail to be observed, which is nothing new.

I agree with you. I have a rule in the house about the kids only eating one sweet a day. But guess what?

Re: Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans

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I think using AI for a bit more potent spellchecking or style hints is... fine, honestly. I don't usually do it, you can tell from all the silly spelling mistakes I do. But a bit more polishing for your posts is a good thing, not a bad one, as long as it doesn't hide your voice.
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