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> That rubric only works until sufficiently advanced LLM-generated HN posts are indistinguishable from human-generated HN posts. if a comment made by a LLM is
by JavierFlores09 2y ago
> That rubric only works until sufficiently advanced LLM-generated HN posts are indistinguishable from human-generated HN posts.
if a comment made by a LLM is indistinguishable from a normal one, it'd be impossible to moderate anyway unless one starts tracking people across comments and see the consistency of their replies and overall stance so I don't particularly think it is useful to worry about people who will go the extra length to go undetected
- aspenmayer 2y ago> if a comment made by a LLM is indistinguishable from a normal one, it'd be impossible to moderate anyway unless one starts tracking people across comments and see the consistency of their replies and overall stance so I don't particularly think it is useful to worry about people who will go the extra length to go undetected The existence of rule-breakers is not itself an argument against a rules-based order.
- tredre3 2y agoHN's guidelines aren't "laws" to be "enforced", they're a list of unwelcome behaviors. There is value in setting expectations for participants in a community, even if some will choose to break them and get away with it.
- bawolff 2y agoIf comments by LLMs were actually as valuable & insightful as human comments there would be no need for the rule. The rule is in place because they usually aren't. Relavent xkcd https://xkcd.com/810/ https://xkcd.com/810/