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friendly reminder: when you get in arguments online, you may be debating with a bot! HN is now no exception....

by newaccount2021 4y ago

eikenberry 4y ago
Depends on the bot. I like debating because it helps me formalize and explore different aspects of my ideas. If a bot is good at playing that role it would be great, especially if I knew it was a bot and could run it locally (and that it was free software).
sumtechguy 4y ago
it feels that way already. Many arguments (if you get into them) can many times just be how well both sides can google something to back them up. At that point you are just arguing with google plus suggestions?
- gpderetta 4y ago
  Surely next step is having bots argue with each other so that we do not have to waste time doing it ourselves.
  - fullshark 4y ago
    Recently posted here: https://infiniteconversation.com/ https://infiniteconversation.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33437296 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33437296
aidenn0 4y ago
There was a comment thread recently on HN where someone noted that the user-profile to the comment they were replying to stated that all of the comments were AI generated. The reply from that account was something to the effect of "accusing your those you disagree with of being bots is counterproductive" The whole thing was a bit surreal. [edit] Found the comment: > ... As for the typos, I strongly believe little mistakes are what makes humans human. Insinuating other users you converse with online are bots is kind of a bad faith claim that derails political discussion[1]. [edit 2] At the time of this edit, the most recent comment by this alleged bot is, somewhat ironically: > This reads like a grade schooler trying to plagiarize something with his first thesaurus. I am disappointed by AI every day[2]. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33324313 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33324313 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33530723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33530723
- Tao3300 4y ago
  > Insinuating other users you converse with online are bots is kind of a bad faith claim that derails political discussion This almost passed the Turing Test, but you can tell it's a bot because The Guidelines were never mentioned.
  - aidenn0 4y ago
    What is The Guidelines other than something impossible to Google?

friendly reminder: when you get in arguments online, you may be debating with a bot! HN is now no exception....

Depends on the bot. I like debating because it helps me formalize and explore different aspects of my ideas. If a bot is good at playing that role it would be great, especially if I knew it was a bot and could run it locally (and that it was free software).

sumtechguy 4y ago

it feels that way already. Many arguments (if you get into them) can many times just be how well both sides can google something to back them up. At that point you are just arguing with google plus suggestions?

gpderetta 4y ago
Surely next step is having bots argue with each other so that we do not have to waste time doing it ourselves.
- fullshark 4y ago
  Recently posted here: https://infiniteconversation.com/ https://infiniteconversation.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33437296 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33437296

aidenn0 4y ago

There was a comment thread recently on HN where someone noted that the user-profile to the comment they were replying to stated that all of the comments were AI generated. The reply from that account was something to the effect of "accusing your those you disagree with of being bots is counterproductive" The whole thing was a bit surreal. [edit] Found the comment: > ... As for the typos, I strongly believe little mistakes are what makes humans human. Insinuating other users you converse with online are bots is kind of a bad faith claim that derails political discussion[1]. [edit 2] At the time of this edit, the most recent comment by this alleged bot is, somewhat ironically: > This reads like a grade schooler trying to plagiarize something with his first thesaurus. I am disappointed by AI every day[2]. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33324313 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33324313 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33530723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33530723

Tao3300 4y ago
> Insinuating other users you converse with online are bots is kind of a bad faith claim that derails political discussion This almost passed the Turing Test, but you can tell it's a bot because The Guidelines were never mentioned.
- aidenn0 4y ago
  What is The Guidelines other than something impossible to Google?