AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read) • Hacker News Board

Re: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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Post by classictraffic » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:17 PM UTC

This blog post also feels AI written (I can tell it’s human written, just sloppy)

Re: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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Post by meindnoch » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:17 PM UTC

supermatt wrote: post #37

I submit pretty much the opposite of this, but it didn't gain any traction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49332291

Yeah, I wonder why! /s

Re: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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Post by a2ff6eeb0 » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC

Eventually, AI will be a far better writer than a human is, and then nobody will want to read the human generated subpar writing.

AI writing is rapidly improving. Human writing, on average not so much.

Re: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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Post by its-summertime » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC

ademup wrote: post #22

I'll probably be downvoted to the bottom of the ocean, but I feel this needs to be said: - Why does it matter who or what wrote a thing? And how would you know if the /content/ is worthwhile, unless you read it... - The ability to "detect AI" is imperfect at best. 90% AI written? 5%? How would you know, unless you read it.... - If you didn't read it, then why brag about it with an "AI;DR"? - If you are wrong, and you…

Imagine a future where 99% of text is written by 1 unpassionate person. Reading the same patterns, the same tropes, the same flow across paragraphs, over and over, would be unpleasant. It already is unpleasant.

Re: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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Post by slybot » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC

3 years ago; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35638229

Re: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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Post by thm » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC

Eternal September already?

Re: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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Post by supermatt » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC

meindnoch wrote: post #42

supermatt wrote: post #37

I submit pretty much the opposite of this, but it didn't gain any traction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49332291

Yeah, I wonder why! /s

Because some people are just ignorant and downvote anything they either aren't willing or able to understand :)

Re: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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Post by cortesoft » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:19 PM UTC

I really like the point I read somewhere the other day; instead of sending me the AI output, just send me the prompt you used to generate it. That is the only part that contains only the information you are trying to convey. The rest is just guesses flowery language added, and it confuses the actual message being sent.

Re: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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Post by hankbond » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:19 PM UTC

Whenever I see a massive project README all I can think is if you didn't write it, ME won't READ it.

Re: AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

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Post by dbspin » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:19 PM UTC

"Look, I get it. It’s Q3 2026, and we should expect that everyone is utilizing AI at SOME point in their process (sourcing ideas, creating outlines, refining prose, etc.)."

Hell no. Sourcing ideas? From AI? Are you kidding? Essentially guaranteeing they won't be original? Refining prose? Making it much more likely it'll be generic as hell. Call me old fashioned, but while I can certainly understand asking LLMs concrete questions - how do I fix this, where can I unsubscribe from that - using AI to help communicate seems bass-ackwards. LLMs have no idea what you're talking about - they're free associating probabilistic sentences! What on earth value could that have in communicating. They self contradict, hallucinate, speak most frequently in a weird smug corporatese. How is this an attractive use case of the technology?