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Tell HN: I'm tired of AI-generated answers

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Re: Tell HN: I'm tired of AI-generated answers

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Post by sys_64738 »

jader201 wrote: post #30

Honestly, AI may pollute online interactions to the point that people give up trying to interact online, and force people to talk to each other in real life. I’m not sure I would be sad about that outcome.

I fear a lot of the web will become like the old USENET newsgroups filled with spam garbage which made the whole thing unusable in the end. The ability of AI to pump out slop to any forum from unlimited accounts will kill the internet.

Re: Tell HN: I'm tired of AI-generated answers

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Post by collingreen »

llbbdd wrote: post #19
LPisGood wrote: post #10

I respond starkly when sent AI generated responses at work. “Please do not send me AI generated analysis” or “I don’t think a wall of text from Claude is helpful here.”

I've felt the urge to respond with a simple "thanks claude"

I've responded with "it's weird for me to talk to claude through you".

Re: Tell HN: I'm tired of AI-generated answers

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Post by gdulli »

turtlebits wrote: post #26

The obvious answer is to talk to people face to face. Call them, invite them to a meeting, etc.

Covid already started to create a situation where people get indignant if you expect them to physically show up to places. Like we're in The Naked Sun. We're probably headed towards people feeling the same sort of entitled to respond to you in the medium of least effort, that is, copy/pasting from AI.

Re: Tell HN: I'm tired of AI-generated answers

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Post by smitty1e »

walrus01 wrote: post #6

The only solution I have found to this so far is the use of small, private, invitation-only groups where a small set of people are personally known to each other, and nobody would risk their reputation within a niche group by turning loose an AI tool to write their chat/comments for them.

Generalizing, one can foresee a balkanized internet of niche communities fighting to discover/interact without getting hoovered up into the AI Borg.

Re: Tell HN: I'm tired of AI-generated answers

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Post by AntronX »

khazhoux wrote: post #21

I’m seeing this everywhere also, and it’s a real problem. I need assurances the info I receive is from a real human. That’s not just a better way to go, it’s the only way . No AI replies, no pre-canned answers, no LLM slop. Key insight: the proliferation of AI-written content dilutes not just the quality of content, but our trust of GitHub as well.

It's not just X, it's Y.

Re: Tell HN: I'm tired of AI-generated answers

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Post by PyWoody »

turtlebits wrote: post #26

The obvious answer is to talk to people face to face. Call them, invite them to a meeting, etc.

I've had people relay conversations to Claude irl.

You say something...pause while they look at their phone...they give a response that is out of their depth, etc. The last time it happened I just up and left.

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