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I think we need an AI flag on HN. I’m not here to read AI slop, I can easily generate that myself if I want it.
by SoftTalker 1y ago
I think we need an AI flag on HN. I’m not here to read AI slop, I can easily generate that myself if I want it.
- fragmede 1y agoCan you? I can drive a car, but Michael Schumacher can get an F1 car to go around the track way faster than I could dream of. Have you ever seen a bad interview? and then, have you ever seen a really good one? The questions the interviewer asks is important!
- bediger4000 1y agoThat's exactly right. Schumacher is human. Good interviewers are human, not LLMs.
- fragmede 1y agoI don't know if you missed my point or are ignoring it to win internet points so I'll be more explicit. You, the human (presumably), are the driver and interviewer in this analogy. The LLM is the car or the interviewee. How the blog's operator can operate the machine is different than you or I can.
- SoftTalker 1y agoIt's more like a musician "playing" a player piano or a singer performing to a backing track with an auto-tuner or a driver "driving" a self-driving car. The machine is doing all the work, the human is just (at most) prompting it. Whereas really playing a piano or performing live or driving an F1 car or writing a long essay takes some real effort and talent. That's what makes it interesting.
- fragmede 1y agoBefore Ai, in the music world, DJs are also "just" playing someone else's song, but it turns out there's a lot of skill and effort involved in being a good DJ.
- tonyedgecombe 1y ago> Michael Schumacher can get an F1 car to go around the track way faster than I could dream of. Not anymore.
- the_af 1y agoThis is not the Schumacher of AI content. And yes, anyone can generate this kind of AI content nowadays.
- fragmede 1y agoIf HN is the "track", this post made it to #7 https://hnrankings.info/45481490/ https://hnrankings.info/45481490/ He's Nick Heidfeld to Schumacher's 2006 win.
- the_af 1y agoIt's generating buzz alright, but anyone with AI can do it. Usually this kind of content doesn't reach HN because the antibodies kill it sooner. If you're arguing the antibody-bypassing succeeded here, ok... but that's not a solid defense of AI slop. Anyone can do slop.
- fragmede 1y agookay, show me yours
- the_af 1y agoI don't like this kind of slop, why would I generate it? Just to win internet points with you, a random stranger?
- fragmede 1y agoso, you can't. Contrary to your original claim that "anyone" can, you're unable to.
- the_af 1y agoNo, I didn't say I can't. I said anybody can, I just won't because I despise slop. I'm sure there are plenty of things you can do but won't because you're against them. Twisting my words is against HN guidelines. Please don't.