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I would like to nominate this comment as one of the best ever posted on HN. In fact, I would love to see a whole documentary about each of these points.
by hathawsh 2y ago
I would like to nominate this comment as one of the best ever posted on HN. In fact, I would love to see a whole documentary about each of these points.
- WalterBright 2y agoSee "The Wright Brothers as Engineers" by Quentin Wald https://www.amazon.com/Wright-Brothers-Engineers-Appraisal-Experience/dp/0970607504 https://www.amazon.com/Wright-Brothers-Engineers-Appraisal-E...
- lcfcjs6 2y ago[flagged]
- QuantumGood 2y agoI do NOT think it is AI-generated (though it might be), and that belief could be part of why you are being downvoted. I've been watching the sentiment on AI-related comments for a while. It seems to have somewhat turned back to "if it's useful, it's okay" as long as it isn't promoted as AI.
- WalterBright 2y agoI've made similar postings on HN about the Wrights years before AI.
- QuantumGood 2y agoAs noted, I did not think your comment was AI-generated.
- bmacho 2y ago> It seems to have mostly turned back to "if it's useful, it's okay" No. Everyone still hates them with passion--at least when the commenter mentions that it is LLM generated.
- cyberax 2y agoWalter Bright is not an AI...
- WalterBright 2y agoWalter Bright was replaced by a D9000 AI chatbot several years ago. He was jeopardizing the mission.
- andrewflnr 2y agoHumans sometimes write punchy lists, too, especially when they're trying to prove a point. Where do you think the LLMs learned it?
- alwa 2y agoDistinguished computer scientist [EDIT: engineer!], seasoned writer, and longtime HN stalwart @WalterBright? Frankly I’d be willing to imagine the AI learned what it knows from him…
- WalterBright 2y agoThanks for the kind words! But I can't claim to be a computer scientist, as I have not done any research. Engineering is my calling, not science.
- WalterBright 2y agoStylometry has me pegged with a predictable style that predates AI.
- tshaddox 2y agoWriting that predates AI is precisely the type of writing AI mimics. :)
- DistractionRect 2y agoYou can actually formally do just that, HN maintains a highlights list which you can email them nominations for: https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights
- MostlyStable 2y agoThanks, I didn't know about that previously, although some sorting methods might be nice. It seems like quite a lot of comments are getting nominated that seem pretty...normal.
- dj_gitmo 2y agoCheck out Gregs Airplanes and Automobiles for really well researched aeronautic docs. He made one specifically about the Wrights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpQAGQiv4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpQAGQiv4Q
- avmich 2y agoReally? :(