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Off-topic but this user seems to be using ChatGPT or something similar for almost every single comment. Does Hacker News have a stance on this or is the thinkin
by opdahl 3y ago
Off-topic but this user seems to be using ChatGPT or something similar for almost every single comment. Does Hacker News have a stance on this or is the thinking that it is allowed as long as the content is good?
- BoorishBears 3y agoIt's important not to jump to conclusions about how others are participating in discussions, especially based on the content or style of their comments alone. Many users might have a consistent way of expressing themselves, or they may be leveraging various tools and resources to enhance their contributions. The key focus should always be on the quality and relevance of the content shared.
- wruza 3y agoThat doesn't only feel odd, it also is empty prose based on a far-fetched analogy. Apologies to the root commenter if they wrote it themselves, but quality and relevance is lacking here. 99% sure some of their posts are at least heavily augmented.
- criddell 3y agoThis comment reads like a GPT-generated comment! When I look at your history, your other comments seem genuine. I’m probably totally wrong, but I do like the idea of using GPT to counter anti-GPT sentiment. :)
- mdale 3y agoI imagine AI is out there defending it's right to exist where we don't pick up on it's pose.
- CamperBob2 3y agogolf clap
- stareatgoats 3y agoThere is indeed a stance, adding autogenerated comments can get you banned: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33945628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33945628
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoI took a look at their profile and I’m not seeing anything that looks auto generated to me.
- arrowsmith 3y agoThese all reek of ChatGPT to me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39876790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39876790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39819576 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39819576 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39880881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39880881
- talldrinkofwhat 3y agoIf posts with multiple paragraphs encircling a topic seems suspect, then we're all guilty. Their points are cogent. If they've dressed the arguments in robes of "purple", so be it.
- renk 3y agoMaybe we need to up our game then. That could very well be mergekit and clever prompting. Their comment history bends in the direction of content engineering and will get less discernible the more accounts are doing it.
- dTal 3y agoPlease, these kinds of purple-prosed thesaurus-laden ruminations smack of LLM augmentation - two in the same thread, and neither contributing anything much more than a long winded flowery restatement of the existing state of the discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39876685 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39876685 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39876634 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39876634
- williamcotton 3y agoIt doesn’t take an LLM to write long-winded and flowery prose. Nice new burn, though… “you write like an LLM”. Is that what we want on these forums, attacking someone’s prose?