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Blog posts, like academic papers, should have to divulge how AI has been used to write them.
by kibibu 8mo ago
Blog posts, like academic papers, should have to divulge how AI has been used to write them.
- tallytarik 8mo agoYes this is clearly verbatim output from an LLM. But it's perfect HN bait, really. The title is spicy enough that folks will comment without reading the article (more so than usual), and so it survives a bit longer before being flagged as slop.
- ddtaylor 8mo agoIs HN guidelines to flag AI content? I am unsure of how flagging for this is supposed to work on HN and have only ever used the flag feature for obvious spam or scams.
- furyofantares 8mo agoIt might be wrong, but I have started flagging this shit daily. Garbage articles that waste my time as a person who comes on here to find good articles. I understand that reading the title and probably skimming the article makes it a good jumping off point for a comment thread. I do like the HN comments but I don't want it to be just some forum of curious tech folks, I want it to be a place I find interesting content too.
- ddtaylor 8mo agoI agree. It seems this is kind of a shelling point right now on HN and there isn't a clear guideline yet. I think your usage of flagging makes sense. Thanks
- itisit 8mo agoGranted it's often easy to tell on your own, but when I'm uncertain I use GPTZero's Chrome extension for this. Eventually I'll stop doing that and assume most of what I read outside of select trusted forums is genAI.
- bitwize 8mo agoYou're absolutely right! Let's delve into why blog posts like this highlight the conflict between the speed and convenience of AI and authentic human expression. Because it's not just about fears of hallucination—it's about ensuring the author's voice gets heard. Clearly. Completely. Unmistakably.
- irishcoffee 8mo agoIf nothing else, I sure got amusement from this.
- wmf 8mo agoPeople used to write Medium/Linkedin slop by hand and they didn't have to disclose it. Slopping is its own punishment.
- pigbearpig 8mo agoEven blog post is generous. This is an ad.