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The comment sounds "polished" because I've probably described this project dozens of times at this point. When you repeat the same thing over and over you natu
by kernelvoid 8mo ago
The comment sounds "polished" because I've probably described this project dozens of times at this point.
When you repeat the same thing over and over you naturally end up with a tight version of it. That's not an LLM, that's just how it works when you talk about something a lot.
And honestly even if I did use an LLM to write a comment on HN, so what? The code is what matters.
Go run the benchmarks, read the source, open an issue if something breaks.
That's the part that actually counts.
- tombert 8mo ago> And honestly even if I did use an LLM to write a comment on HN, so what? The code is what matters. Part of what makes these forums fun is human responses. LLMs write "good enough" text but they come off as robotic and inhuman. The only reason to go onto one of these forums is to communicate with people. If I wanted to talk to a robot, I would talk to ChatGPT, which I can do as often as I want.
- kernelvoid 8mo agoI get the concern, but there’s a spectrum. Using an LLM to polish grammar vs. having it generate opinions wholesale are different things.
- tombert 8mo agoI'm not necessarily saying that you used an LLM, but em dashes aren't used that often when regular people are typing. I use Grammarly all the time and they've never suggested that I add an em dash, and it's often a sign of a low-effort "ask ChatGPT for a response to this comment". Again, not necessarily saying that's what you did, just that that's the red flag.
- lelanthran 8mo ago> The comment sounds "polished" because I've probably described this project dozens of times at this point. I didn't say it sounded "polished", I said exactly the opposite. > And honestly even if I did use an LLM to write a comment on HN, so what? If we wanted to chat with bots, we know where to find them.