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The automatic headline rewriting is an absolute joke and it has not improved a title a single time ever.

• zaptrem 1y ago
  Does HN auto re-write headlines using an LLM or something?
  • wizzwizz4 1y ago
    No, a regular expression. Generative language models usually produce different kinds of error, and rarely fade into the background in the same way the automatic headline rewriting tool does (when it isn't rendering the titles incomprehensible, at least).
    • perihelions 1y ago
      > "a regular expression" A small language model
      • wizzwizz4 1y ago
        It compresses exceptionally well, and has highly-optimised CPU implementations.