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AI generated content?

by GoldenMonkey 9mo ago

jeron 9mo ago
need to add "make sure article flows cohesively and doesn't jump around topics" to the system prompt
01-_- 9mo ago
On Yahoo!!!?? I don't think so.
- RankingMember 9mo ago
  Haha, I don't even know why Yahoo exists these days- my only interaction with them is occasionally getting linked AI-generated crap like this.
  - spullara 9mo ago
    you don't use yahoo finance???
    - RankingMember 9mo ago
      You're right, that is one thing they do well.
  - Loughla 9mo ago
    I really wish they hadn't shut down Yahoo answers. Some of that was unhinged and amazing. I do miss when people argued whether Yahoo or ask Jeeves was better. Those were good times.
    - RankingMember 9mo ago
      So many classics, and of course it birthed the "How is babby formed" meme. Guess it got too hard to justify the use of resources when the rest of the platform was basically in flames though.
- burkaman 9mo ago
  It's not written by Yahoo, it's a syndicated post from https://www.thecooldown.com/ https://www.thecooldown.com/.
andrewflnr 9mo ago
Or possibly just written at an AI level of self-awareness. The irony of an AI written article injecting AI alarmism so hamfistedly would be quite something... but not impossible I guess.
perihelions 9mo ago
If you zoom out and look at the big picture, the whole article is little more than a summarization of a different article, published in Fortune. https://fortune.com/2026/01/12/google-founder-sergey-brin-hiring-without-degrees-computer-skills-based-economy-stanford-computer-science/ https://fortune.com/2026/01/12/google-founder-sergey-brin-hi... ( https://archive.is/fefa9 https://archive.is/fefa9 ) If it is AI, this is the easiest type of AI content to generate: a summary of a small, delimited text corpus, with some generic filler added. If it isn't AI, it's still nevertheless low-effort and (IMHO) doesn't belong on HN. The primary journalistic source (Fortune) should replace it. Look at this before/after comparison, how lazily they (or it) paraphrased the source material: > [Primary] "Between 2017 and 2022, the share of job postings at Google requiring a degree dropped from 93% to 77%, according to analysis from the Burning Glass Institute." > [Derivative] "Data from the Burning Glass Institute shows that in 2017, degree requirements were part of 93% of job postings at Google. By 2022, that figure had dropped to 77%." Or this: > [Primary] "And Google isn’t alone: companies including Microsoft, Apple, and Cisco have reduced degree requirements in recent years, signaling a broader industry shift toward skills-based hiring." > [Derivative] "Other large tech companies have also begun judging candidates by their abilities instead of their diplomas. Microsoft, Apple, and Cisco are among those dropping degree mandates."

AI generated content?

jeron 9mo ago

need to add "make sure article flows cohesively and doesn't jump around topics" to the system prompt

01-_- 9mo ago

On Yahoo!!!?? I don't think so.

RankingMember 9mo ago
Haha, I don't even know why Yahoo exists these days- my only interaction with them is occasionally getting linked AI-generated crap like this.
- spullara 9mo ago
  you don't use yahoo finance???
  - RankingMember 9mo ago
    You're right, that is one thing they do well.
- Loughla 9mo ago
  I really wish they hadn't shut down Yahoo answers. Some of that was unhinged and amazing. I do miss when people argued whether Yahoo or ask Jeeves was better. Those were good times.
  - RankingMember 9mo ago
    So many classics, and of course it birthed the "How is babby formed" meme. Guess it got too hard to justify the use of resources when the rest of the platform was basically in flames though.
burkaman 9mo ago
It's not written by Yahoo, it's a syndicated post from https://www.thecooldown.com/ https://www.thecooldown.com/.

andrewflnr 9mo ago

Or possibly just written at an AI level of self-awareness. The irony of an AI written article injecting AI alarmism so hamfistedly would be quite something... but not impossible I guess.

perihelions 9mo ago

If you zoom out and look at the big picture, the whole article is little more than a summarization of a different article, published in Fortune. https://fortune.com/2026/01/12/google-founder-sergey-brin-hiring-without-degrees-computer-skills-based-economy-stanford-computer-science/ https://fortune.com/2026/01/12/google-founder-sergey-brin-hi... ( https://archive.is/fefa9 https://archive.is/fefa9 ) If it is AI, this is the easiest type of AI content to generate: a summary of a small, delimited text corpus, with some generic filler added. If it isn't AI, it's still nevertheless low-effort and (IMHO) doesn't belong on HN. The primary journalistic source (Fortune) should replace it. Look at this before/after comparison, how lazily they (or it) paraphrased the source material: > [Primary] "Between 2017 and 2022, the share of job postings at Google requiring a degree dropped from 93% to 77%, according to analysis from the Burning Glass Institute." > [Derivative] "Data from the Burning Glass Institute shows that in 2017, degree requirements were part of 93% of job postings at Google. By 2022, that figure had dropped to 77%." Or this: > [Primary] "And Google isn’t alone: companies including Microsoft, Apple, and Cisco have reduced degree requirements in recent years, signaling a broader industry shift toward skills-based hiring." > [Derivative] "Other large tech companies have also begun judging candidates by their abilities instead of their diplomas. Microsoft, Apple, and Cisco are among those dropping degree mandates."