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Tell HN: There are GPT-based bots on HN commenting sophisticated nonsense
I read this comment two hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34849057 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34849057
from a first glance, it is just a comment which casually recommends some links. But none of the links really work!
I looked through the comment history, which is unsuspicious on a quick glance... but none of the links work! And some comments are also bogus. This is clearly the work of some large language model.
But why? Maybe it is just a "funny" weekend project, but it clearly crosses an ethical line (not into deeply illegal, but into deeply ...not nice?!).
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- gjvc 4y agoNo change there, then... :-P
- tomthe 4y agoYes, maybe I just underestimate the abundance of bots in internet forums.
- spindle 4y agoWe live in interesting times!
- ipaddr 4y agoThey have been reading hn for years
- dang 4y agoBetween that and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34822350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34822350, I've banned the account. Bots aren't allowed on HN and never have been. If you think you're seeing abuse, please let us know at hn@ycombinator.com, as the site guidelines ask: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- Rev359a 4y ago[dead]