A big part of the reason why these posts float around on the front page is because they get engagement. A whole lot of the engagement is exactly the sort of eng

A big part of the reason why these posts float around on the front page is because they get engagement. A whole lot of the engagement is exactly the sort of engagement your post is getting. You’ve invited another ChatGPT conversation, exactly the same as all the others. Your post is the same as myriad first-level comments on all of the posts you’re referring to. I’m sick to death of seeing the concentric circles of HN readers parroting the same critiques of ChatGPT over and over again. “It’s a language model!” they’ll say, and with each iteration there’s a higher chance that the person that writes that has no idea what the implications are. The comments usually end with a hand-wavey explanation as to how ChatGPT having flaws means that it won’t be remotely disruptive. There’s usually some weird elitist / classist vibe to the comments (effectively: “none of the jobs that actually matter will be impacted”). Then there’s some other hand-wavey blah-blah said about creativity. As if the typical HN user, myself included, isn’t a rank and file software developer / manager at Tech Company 1527. The funniest thing about it is that these comments are all written presumably at least in part because the writer thinks that they’ll provide value. You wouldn’t even need GPT-3 to construct one of these comments. Previous-generation models could do it. I work in the education sector. I’ve no doubt that ChatGPT et al are going to have a long-term impact on the product that I work on. There are always kids that want to find ways to cheat. Before I get lectured by someone with absolutely no relevant experience: ChatGPT can write wholly believable essays in various genres. We’ve all been worn down by AI hype for years and years now. We’ve especially been worn down by all of the Elon-bait around FSD. To let that evolve into “be unproductively critical of every AI advancement” is…not original thought. I’m sick of the recycled BS ChatGPT think-pieces yep. But they’re no different to the comments that put them in the front page, including my comment. They’re also no different to a bunch of BS thinkpiece articles on HN.