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I'm not sure about others here, but I occasionally spend time typing out a long reply to someone and then simply deleting the reply without posting. Most of th

I'm not sure about others here, but I occasionally spend time typing out a long reply to someone and then simply deleting the reply without posting. Most of the time I conclude -- a little too late -- that the effort was not worth it. How nice it would be to have an LLM trained on all of my previous writings and simply be able to click a button to indicate "reply to this person, please." I know I don't have enough training data from HN, and maybe not even from all of the sites I contribute, combined. It is still a nice thought, though. But: Let's say I do acquire enough training data to have a local LLM do exactly what I describe. My volume of "replies" would certainly increase. Is that a good thing, on average? If the tool became ubiquitous, would it be a good thing for the average social media user? Or more pointedly, would it be a good thing for consumers of that social media? The cynic in me thinks "no" -- the effort required today surely weeds out _some_ idiots.... (Full disclosure, I nearly closed this window without clicking the "add comment" button.)

vintagedave 2y ago
I sometimes do the same thing. Same with emails. I’m just not sure there’s enough training data to pick up my tone or to reply making a similar assessment to that which I would make. Would be a wonderfully fun app to try though. Would it be a good thing? Do you think there are relies you should have posted that you did not?
- LordGrey 2y ago
  > Do you think there are relies you should have posted that you did not? I think there are probably times where a reply I deleted would have added value to the conversation. Not always, but perhaps enough. > Would it be a good thing? That is the issue. More != better, for all cases, as it says nothing about quality. There is not enough training data for an LLM to emulate me, but what about prodigious writers? Could we realistically emulate Paul Graham or Joel Spolsky?
- sureglymop 2y ago
  Recently (before the Microsoft recall announcement) I created a keylogger that logs all keystrokes, mouse position as well as window system specific things such as focused window etc. My idea was to be able to eventually use that data to train some AI with that data and to e.g. pick up on my different writing styles in a document editor, terminal etc.

vintagedave 2y ago

I sometimes do the same thing. Same with emails. I’m just not sure there’s enough training data to pick up my tone or to reply making a similar assessment to that which I would make. Would be a wonderfully fun app to try though. Would it be a good thing? Do you think there are relies you should have posted that you did not?

LordGrey 2y ago
> Do you think there are relies you should have posted that you did not? I think there are probably times where a reply I deleted would have added value to the conversation. Not always, but perhaps enough. > Would it be a good thing? That is the issue. More != better, for all cases, as it says nothing about quality. There is not enough training data for an LLM to emulate me, but what about prodigious writers? Could we realistically emulate Paul Graham or Joel Spolsky?
sureglymop 2y ago
Recently (before the Microsoft recall announcement) I created a keylogger that logs all keystrokes, mouse position as well as window system specific things such as focused window etc. My idea was to be able to eventually use that data to train some AI with that data and to e.g. pick up on my different writing styles in a document editor, terminal etc.