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Re: Should HN Ban “I Asked AI to Create...” Type Submissions?

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Post by ClapperHeid »

ensignavenger wrote: post #19
mdrzn wrote: post #7

Should HN ban "I'm tired of reading about X" type submissions?

There are already two guidelines that touch on it. "Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something. Send it to hn@ycombinator.com" "Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate." The later is specifically about comments and not submissions, though.

  >"Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate."
I'd say that complaining about "a submission" is a different kettle of haddock to complaining about "a type of submission". For lo', is it not writ elsewhere in Ye Lines of Guidance that "thou shall't not submit most stories about politics"?

Re: Should HN Ban “I Asked AI to Create...” Type Submissions?

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Post by ClapperHeid »

h2odragon wrote: post #18
ClapperHeid wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Where do you get off? Next stop. Or you can drop me just by the shops here, if you want.

To elaborate: at what point is the rest of the world no longer required to conform to your tastes?

  >at what point is the rest of the world...
I told you. Just up by the shops here.

Re: Should HN Ban “I Asked AI to Create...” Type Submissions?

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Post by WithinReason »

ClapperHeid wrote: post #6
fabianholzer wrote: post #2

I assume the novelty and will wear off within a rather short amount of time and these kind of posts will be what the NFT posts were some month ago.

Let's hope so. I have a custom uBlock Origin filter list which blocks keywords on HN, to improve the signal to noise ratio a bit. Your comment just reminded me that "NFT" was one of the terms I added a while back. Unfortunately it's trickier to do with AI or ChatGPT because I am interested in the technology. Just not in the endless crappy "Look what I drew in AI school, Mum!" examples of its usage.

You could use ChatGPT to filter the posts for you, and then make a "I used ChatGPT to filter ChatGPT spam!" post to HN (which would get filtered)

Re: Should HN Ban “I Asked AI to Create...” Type Submissions?

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Post by thunderbong »

Every once in a while I see these hypes in HN.

Over the last few years it was crypto, NFT and blockchain.

This AI hype seems different. I see some things which are useful, some of which I can even run on my system.

More importantly, I see many more interesting if irrelevant things. I remember the early days of the web also had this kind of a feel.

So , I'm excited. And it feels good to see this kind of excitement in others.

Suddenly, there seems to be a whole new universe to explore again.

I guess my answer is 'no'!

Re: Should HN Ban “I Asked AI to Create...” Type Submissions?

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Post by ensignavenger »

ClapperHeid wrote: post #21
ensignavenger wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are already two guidelines that touch on it. "Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something. Send it to hn@ycombinator.com" "Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate." The later is specifically about comments and not submissions, though.

>"Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate." I'd say that complaining about " a submission" is a different kettle of haddock to complaining about "a type of submission". For lo', is it not writ elsewhere in Ye Lines of Guidance that "thou shall't not submit most stories about politics "?

Right, and that guideline is specifically about comments and not top level submissions. Which is why I said the guidelines touch on the topic, but maybe don't address this particular submission specifically.

Re: Should HN Ban “I Asked AI to Create...” Type Submissions?

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Post by rchaud »

thunderbong wrote: post #24

Every once in a while I see these hypes in HN. Over the last few years it was crypto, NFT and blockchain. This AI hype seems different. I see some things which are useful, some of which I can even run on my system. More importantly, I see many more interesting if irrelevant things. I remember the early days of the web also had this kind of a feel. So , I'm excited. And it feels good to see this kind of excitement in…

What are some things can be run locally in your opinion? I'm interested in learning more but am wary about how much of this is being gated inside every bigco's walled gardens.

Re: Should HN Ban “I Asked AI to Create...” Type Submissions?

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Post by ClapperHeid »

thunderbong wrote: post #24

Every once in a while I see these hypes in HN. Over the last few years it was crypto, NFT and blockchain. This AI hype seems different. I see some things which are useful, some of which I can even run on my system. More importantly, I see many more interesting if irrelevant things. I remember the early days of the web also had this kind of a feel. So , I'm excited. And it feels good to see this kind of excitement in…

  >More importantly, I see many more interesting if irrelevant things. I remember the early days of the web also had this kind of a feel.

 >So , I'm excited. And it feels good to see this kind of excitement in others
I actually agree with that. I have similar "new frontier" feelings. Which is why I find the dross "I asked AI to..." posts so annoying. It's akin to when smartphones became a thing and opened up all those possibilities for carrying innovative applications & functionlity in your pocket.

And then the app stores filled up with "Fart Apps".

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