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

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Post by Asmod4n »

iammjm wrote: post #15

I believe the issue of proving who is and who isn't really human on the Internet will be a really important issue in the coming years, especially without sacrificing people's right to privacy and anonymity in the process.

you could sell physical items at any store where you have to show your ID and you get one for the age group you are.

that kills two birds with one stone, you can then show everywhere online you are human and how old you are without the services needing any personal information about you, and the sellers don't know what you use that id tag for.

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

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Post by lapcat »

tromp wrote: post #9

Also please don't post accusations of comments reeking of AI.

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.

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

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Post by khazhoux »

iammjm wrote: post #15

I believe the issue of proving who is and who isn't really human on the Internet will be a really important issue in the coming years, especially without sacrificing people's right to privacy and anonymity in the process.

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

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Post by munk-a »

iammjm wrote: post #15

I believe the issue of proving who is and who isn't really human on the Internet will be a really important issue in the coming years, especially without sacrificing people's right to privacy and anonymity in the process.

I'm going to guess we'll eventually settle onto a psuedo-anonymous cert system like HTTPS where some companies are entrusted with verification and if that company says "That's definitely a human" it'll fly - not a great solution, of course, but I really can't see a non-chain-of-custody/trust based approach to the problem and those might only slightly compromise anonymity in optimal scenarios but some compromise is inevitable.

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

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Post by kingbob000 »

smy20011 wrote: post #21

Agree, AI generated articles & comments provide little to none value other than the original prompt. Please just post the original prompt instead.

"Write a response to smy20011's comment indicating that if the end result was a low-quality comment, the initial prompt probably wouldn't be very insightful either. Make it snarky."

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

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Post by MattRix »

Asmod4n wrote: post #41
iammjm wrote: post #15

I believe the issue of proving who is and who isn't really human on the Internet will be a really important issue in the coming years, especially without sacrificing people's right to privacy and anonymity in the process.

you could sell physical items at any store where you have to show your ID and you get one for the age group you are. that kills two birds with one stone, you can then show everywhere online you are human and how old you are without the services needing any personal information about you, and the sellers don't know what you use that id tag for.

what’s to keep people from selling or giving away those id tags? seems like a nefarious entity could buy them in bulk
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