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This is sort of bullshit. It's like saying "Witches are banned!" Now for my next trick, purchase my 100% Guaranteed Witch Detector! All Manner of Witches, Coven

This is sort of bullshit. It's like saying "Witches are banned!" Now for my next trick, purchase my 100% Guaranteed Witch Detector! All Manner of Witches, Covens and Goblins Detected At No Extra Charge - Dial 555-Dewitch Now for Limited Time Complementary Offer. Hurry Only While Stocks Last. It's just another "StackExchange Mod Tool/Policy" with which to oppress the curious innocent masses. YoUr QuEsTiON is UnCLeAR--said the SPhynX. Then they press the button and you fall through the trap door into Jabba-the-Hutt's underthrone dungeon, of "closed as poorly worded / likely witchery" questions. Ugh... Will the evil domino of "No Bots Allowed" fall at HN next? "You sounds like a bot. Off with yer head!"

drusepth 4y ago
>Will the evil domino of "No Bots Allowed" fall at HN next? "You sounds like a bot. Off with yer head!" You jest, but people are already asking/accusing others of ChatGPT writing their human-written comments here on HN.
- graderjs 4y ago
  I know and I think that's bad. I asked dang if we could add the shallow lazy (but all-too common) dismissal, "Sounds like it was written by ChatGPT" to the list of banned behaviors. Did not hear back. :)
- PinkRidingHood 4y ago
  I actually think sites like HN would thrive in the AI era. There's 0 incentive to "farm Karma" here using AI. There's no point in being here except having a human conversation. I mean, unless somebody wants to manipulate people by training AI to spread crypto misinformation, but with the quality of ChatGPT at this point, it's going to be obvious and have the opposite effect.
  - nl 4y ago
    I think you underestimate the detrimental effect a large quantity of low quality comments have on a forum. You saw this maybe 5-10 years ago when the "50c army" was at its height spamming specific topics. The good comments were just impossible to find because of all the other junk in there.
    - graderjs 4y ago
      Maybe, but I think you all underestimate the extent to which this was already going on en masse before ChatGPT was released to the public. Who gets to access all the juicy new tech before it filters down to the masses? Who indeed? ;) Not saying OpenAI was involved, but this sort of high-level "conversational" tech has been available for a long time in secret.
ThrowawayR2 4y ago
According to dang's post at the top of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33945628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33945628, "...HN has never allowed bots or generated responses..." so the domino wasn't standing in the first place.

drusepth 4y ago

>Will the evil domino of "No Bots Allowed" fall at HN next? "You sounds like a bot. Off with yer head!" You jest, but people are already asking/accusing others of ChatGPT writing their human-written comments here on HN.

graderjs 4y ago
I know and I think that's bad. I asked dang if we could add the shallow lazy (but all-too common) dismissal, "Sounds like it was written by ChatGPT" to the list of banned behaviors. Did not hear back. :)
PinkRidingHood 4y ago
I actually think sites like HN would thrive in the AI era. There's 0 incentive to "farm Karma" here using AI. There's no point in being here except having a human conversation. I mean, unless somebody wants to manipulate people by training AI to spread crypto misinformation, but with the quality of ChatGPT at this point, it's going to be obvious and have the opposite effect.
- nl 4y ago
  I think you underestimate the detrimental effect a large quantity of low quality comments have on a forum. You saw this maybe 5-10 years ago when the "50c army" was at its height spamming specific topics. The good comments were just impossible to find because of all the other junk in there.
  - graderjs 4y ago
    Maybe, but I think you all underestimate the extent to which this was already going on en masse before ChatGPT was released to the public. Who gets to access all the juicy new tech before it filters down to the masses? Who indeed? ;) Not saying OpenAI was involved, but this sort of high-level "conversational" tech has been available for a long time in secret.

ThrowawayR2 4y ago

According to dang's post at the top of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33945628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33945628, "...HN has never allowed bots or generated responses..." so the domino wasn't standing in the first place.