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Terry Pratchett is one of the sacred treasures of a section of society, and when you raise questions about him or his work you can be expected to downvoted to o
by Popeyes 3y ago
Terry Pratchett is one of the sacred treasures of a section of society, and when you raise questions about him or his work you can be expected to downvoted to oblivion.
(Replying to this because the other user has been flagged - for what I imagine is a fairly uncontroversial comment).
- eesmith 3y agoThe comment had nothing to do with the linked-to article. It suggested ChatGPT was involved, followed by a "sarcasm" disclaimer.
- hoseja 3y agoIt's only a matter of time until they publish a "newly discovered work" of a famous author that's just an AI forgery. Hasn't it happened yet?
- probably_wrong 3y agoForgeries already exist, no AI needed. So arguably the detection method would be the same. But in a more general sense, whether that happened depends on what you mean with "publish". If you mean "someone put it on Twitter and no one corrected them" then yes - it happens all the time with highly-anticipated books (I definitely read at least two fake Harry Potters back in the day) and no one corrects them because they are obviously fake. Now, if you mean "a respectable publishing house put it for sale" then I doubt it happened. No decent publishing house would take (say) a new Lovecraft before giving the state a call and/or asking for the receipts.
- sylware 3y ago[flagged]
- rsynnott 3y agoI'm not sure it qualifies as any sort of sarcasm. It's just a non-sequitur.
- sylware 3y ago"(irony)" means irony and means sarcasm.
- eesmith 3y agoLabels like "sarcasm" and "jk" are also used by trolls who want to troll but don't want the consequences. Often with a follow-up like "can't you take a joke?"
- sylware 3y ago[flagged]
- eesmith 3y agoPardon? I don't understand the question. It's an example of how an explicit label doesn't mean the label must be correct. In this case your flagged comment did not make sense as sarcasm. How can short stories written 40 years ago be tied to GPT? Had the story been about short stories discovered in his papers, and published posthumously, then it would be a (imo low-quality) sarcasm implying his literary estate is trying to pull a fast one. But the article was clear to point out that those materials were deliberately destroyed, that Pratchett did not want that done, and that these articles were published decades ago. Thus, your comment came across not as sarcasm, but as trolling an author beloved by many HN readers, or simply oblivious to the content of the article. Explicitly labeling it "sarcasm" is also what a troll or an oblivious person trying to get a cheap laugh might do, even if your intent was neither.
- sylware 3y agoWell, mine was sarcasm, I don't trust internet easily, and those articles are "too convenient" for my taste: for me it is just some people claiming they did discover new pratchett essays, and as sarcasm I cited chatgpt because I default those guys to scammers with forged and fake material.