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The people he's addressing were either actively trying to fool other users, or lazily using AI to engage as superficially as they could. The comment here was a
by CamperBob2 11mo ago
The people he's addressing were either actively trying to fool other users, or lazily using AI to engage as superficially as they could.
The comment here was a borderline case of the latter, but I think it was on the worthwhile side of the border, personally.
In any case, a blanket prohibition is pointless, because it won't be long before there's simply no way to tell.
- krapp 11mo agoA blanket prohibition may be futile but it's anything but pointless. Once Hacker News becomes nothing but bots posting stories written by bots for other bots to comment on - which is the inevitable end point of a permissive attitude towards this stuff - what even is the fucking point to any of this? SEO juice?