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

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

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Post by pear01 »

jsheard wrote: post #31
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.

Sam Altman would love to sell you a solution to the fire that he dumped gasoline on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)

One should highlight the best part of this: https://www.toolsforhumanity.com/orb

An orb that scans your eyeballs for "proof of human".

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

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Post by ex-aws-dude »

schappim wrote: post #51

I have a kid with severe written language issues, and the utilisation of STT w/ a LLM-powered edit has unlocked a whole world that was previously inaccessible. What is amazing is it would have remained so just a couple of years ago!

Come on dude, its obviously just to prevent spam and not for your super specific case

These are just guidelines

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

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Post by lifthrasiir »

SoKamil wrote: post #58

Don’t be afraid to make grammar mistakes or misspell stuff. Others will understand. You’re a human after all. That’s okay to make mistakes and feel uncomfortable with that.

Others will understand, but won't regard that as worthy. That's a difference.

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

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Post by nwhnwh »

snoren wrote: post #3

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 are just a persona. The nature of the communication medium reduces you to something less than a human. You won't be able to change that. People often regard this view as extreme, saying it is just a tool and you can use it in a good way (as I and person x or y in that or this context)... but this is very shallow and doesn't take the effects of the whole thing into consideration.

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

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Post by MattRix »

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #44

Is there a site that deserves more than this one to be destroyed by slop? It's hypocritical but telling for the places most actively trying to profit from it to ban it themselves.

It’s not hypocritical at all. You can be a fan of a technology and still acknowledge its downsides. Every technology has places it is useful and places it is harmful.

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

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Post by abtinf »

Good. This helps establish it in the HN culture. That’s the purpose of guidelines.

99% of rule enforcement, both IRL and online, comes down to individuals accepting the culture.

Rules aren’t really for adversaries, they are for ordinary situations. Adversaries are dealt with differently.

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

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Post by levkk »

jsheard wrote: post #31
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.

Sam Altman would love to sell you a solution to the fire that he dumped gasoline on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)

It's not clear to me how this is verifiable without constant hardware supervision. Even that'll get cracked, just like DVD encryption back in the day.

You almost need dedicated hardware that can't run any other software except a mechanical keyboard and make it communicate over an analog medium - something terribly expensive and inconvenient for AI farms to duplicate.

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