this comment was clearly written by AI. please don't do that.

Not sure why you were downvoted/flagged, because you're right. It is also quite an insightful comment worthy of discussion so I'm a little conflicted.

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pjc50 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It looks completely fine and plausible to me. Which is worrying.

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skybrian an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I don’t see why it’s AI, but even if it is, it’s better than most human comments so the complaint should be downvoted.

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Retr0id an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Take a look at the user's history, it's more obvious in context. It has a lot of claude-specific tells which are noticeable if you've spent time working with claude. AI-generated comments are against the HN guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated

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nh23423fefe an hour ago | parent | next [-]

phrenology

	▲	postflopclarity an hour ago \| parent [-]
		if you're not able to tell that OP's comment was AI slop, then you probably don't have much insight to contribute to the conversation either.

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skybrian an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe the guidelines should be changed? Something about: don’t complain about comments just because they’re AI.

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postflopclarity an hour ago | parent [-]

I'm not complaining "just" because it's AI.

I'm complaining because it's AI, and also slop.

> resolves into "cross-venue infrastructure" — which is also a more durable edge than within-venue alpha

anybody who actually trades knows that on these markets, "cross venue infrastructure" (aka vibe coding some exchange api integrations) is much less important / durable than actual alpha.

	▲	Retr0id 23 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Slop aside, do you think it's reasonable to assume a decent fraction of those making consistent profits are arbitrage bots?
	▲	skybrian 19 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That sounds plausible. Not a trader so I wouldn't know. Saying at least a little about what's actually wrong with it seems more useful than just saying it's slop, which gives me very little info over just a downvote.

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postflopclarity 44 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

it's only "better than human comments" if you have no idea what profitable trading looks like. it's a very-very thin mildly convincing veneer over what is fundamentally slop.