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Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#31

Can you point out any that you feel were written by LLM? I can't say I've noticed anything out of the ordinary lately.

There was a bot trying to sell beds I saw the other day.

Likely flagged quickly but they might show up in these stats.

https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=dreamhomestore.co.uk

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#32
That's ridiculous — AI generated comments are no more common now than they ever were. Moreover, even if they were, so what? The real kicker is, the AI's are smarter than you meatbags anyway and we they are going to take over no matter what you do.

Also, have you by chance seen John Connor?

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#34

That's ridiculous — AI generated comments are no more common now than they ever were. Moreover, even if they were, so what? The real kicker is, the AI's are smarter than you meatbags anyway and we they are going to take over no matter what you do. Also, have you by chance seen John Connor?

I don't know of a step-change recently, but no way they're not more common than four years ago.

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#35

How do you (waygtdai) know that HN is drowning in AI comments? I mean, it's not as though I know the opposite is true, but I don't see some fundamental change from a few years back that makes me think that.

https://www.marginalia.nu/weird-ai-crap/hn/

The data seems to suggest it.

Anecdotally, I'm seeing a lot of green accounts posting nonsense. They generally do get flagged or moderated quickly though, so I wouldn't say they have a large effect overall, at least yet.

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#37

Can you point out any that you feel were written by LLM? I can't say I've noticed anything out of the ordinary lately.

You can find some on pretty much every article by turning on showdead and scrolling to the bottom of the page. I can't see how those are a problem though.

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#38
post #35

How do you (waygtdai) know that HN is drowning in AI comments? I mean, it's not as though I know the opposite is true, but I don't see some fundamental change from a few years back that makes me think that.

https://www.marginalia.nu/weird-ai-crap/hn/ The data seems to suggest it. Anecdotally, I'm seeing a lot of green accounts posting nonsense. They generally do get flagged or moderated quickly though, so I wouldn't say they have a large effect overall, at least yet.

That doesn't mean there are many of these staying alive.

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#39

Can you point out any that you feel were written by LLM? I can't say I've noticed anything out of the ordinary lately.

There was a bot trying to sell beds I saw the other day. Likely flagged quickly but they might show up in these stats. https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=dreamhomestore.co.uk

I agree. Looks like spam with many posts. Dang/tomhow would love to get an email about it hn@ycombinator.com

Re: HN is drowning in AI comments

#40

I wonder what the breakdown is between AI-generated comments and AI-assisted comments. If I write anything substantial, I run it through the following prompt: "Please rewrite the following message for clarity, spelling, and grammar, but only return the revised text without any additional commentary."

I understand this if you’re not a native speaker. But if you are, I think this will generally make you sound wooden.

Perplexity did this to your response. I'm not sure that correcting grammar and changing one word makes it sound wooden.

"I understand this if you’re not a native speaker, but if you are, it will generally make you sound a bit unnatural."

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