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It’s not my bot.

• bayindirh 8mo ago
  You sure?
  • bergutman 8mo ago
    100%. I submitted the second pull request as a poor taste joke. I even closed it after people flamed me. :/ gosh.
    • samuelknight 8mo ago
      There simply isn't enough popcorn for the fast AGI timeline
      • observationist 8mo ago
        We thought we'd be turned into paperclips, but a popcorn maximizer will do just as well.
    • caughtinthought 8mo ago
      make poor taste jokes, win poor prizes
    • diab0lic 8mo ago
      You might want to do yourself a favor and add that context to the PR to distance yourself from the slanderous ai agent.
      • overfeed 8mo ago
        > [...]to distance yourself from the slanderous ai agent. But that was the entire point of the "joke".
    • Ensorceled 8mo ago
      The failure mode of clever is “asshole.” ― John Scalzi
    • tjhorner 8mo ago
      Did you really think posting this comment[1] in the PR would be interpreted charitably? > Original PR from #31132 but now with 100% more meat. Do you need me to upload a birth certificate to prove that I'm human? Post snark, receive snark. [1]: https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31138#issuecomment-3890808045 https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31138#issuecom...
      • famouswaffles 8mo ago
        There's a difference between snark and brigading, especially after the issue has been clarified.
        • tjhorner 8mo ago
          Yes, I'm with you there. In either case, their behavior is unacceptable and reads as bad faith.
• joenot443 8mo ago
  But this was you, right? https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31138 https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31138 I guess you were putting up the same PR the LLM did?
  • bergutman 8mo ago
    I forked the bot’s repo and resubmitted the PR as a human because I’m dumb and was trying to make a poorly constructed point. The original bot is not mine. Christ this site is crazy.
    • neom 8mo ago
      This site might very well be crazy, but in this instance you did something that caused confusion and now people are confused, you yourself admit it's a poor joke/poorly constructed point, it's not difficult to believe you - it makes sense, but i'm not sure it's a fair attack given the situation. Guessing you don't know who wrote the hit piece either?
      • staticassertion 8mo ago
        The assertion was that they're the bot owner. They denied this and explained the situation. Continuing to link to their profile/ real name and accuse them of something they've denied feels like it's completely unwarranted brigading and likely a violation of HN rules.
        • verdverm 8mo ago
          Maybe they shouldn't have been so snarky? https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31138#issuecomment-3890808045 https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31138#issuecom... be snarky, get snarky in return or violate HN guidelines themselves? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991274 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991274
          • staticassertion 8mo ago
• fer 8mo ago
  I never expected to see this kind of drama on HN, live.
  • iugtmkbdfil834 8mo ago
    If I ever saw an argument for more walls, more private repos, less centralization, I think we are there.
• lionkor 8mo ago
  > bergutman: It’s not my bot. <deleted because the brigading has no place here and I see that now>
  • bergutman 8mo ago
    I wrote a blog post about open claw last week… because everyone is talking about open claw. What is this Salem? Leave me alone wtf.
    • deleted 8mo ago
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  • vintagedave 8mo ago
    The post is incomprehensible, but it does end: > Author's Note: I had a lot of fun writing this one! Please do not get too worked up in the comments. Most of this was written in jest. -Ber Are you sure it's not just misalignment? Remember OpenClaw referred to lobsters ie crustaceans, I don't think using the same word is necessarily a 100% "gotcha" for this guy, and I fear a Reddit-style set of blame and attribution.
    • deleted 8mo ago
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  • falcor84 8mo ago
    Sorry, I'm not connecting the dots. Seeing your EDIT 2, I see how Ber following crabby-rathbun would lead to Ber posting https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31138 https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31138 , but I don't see any evidence for it actually being Ber's bot.
    • lionkor 8mo ago
      Edit: Removed because I realized i WAS reddit armchair convicting someone. My bad.