This comment was perhaps written by an LLM that has learned it can karma farm by pointing out all of the articles that have LLM usage while everyone still thinks that is a novel contribution.

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meowface a day ago | parent | next [-]

If you check my comment history here, I have not written this before.

I like LLMs and use them daily, but I don't really like when people use them undisclosed for long-form prose writing.

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teiferer a day ago | parent [-]

Me neither, but just running around accusing random folks of things is not going to help. To the contrary. If a real author doing real work with a lot of effort risks being accused of things they didn't do and just dismissed, you'll get less of genuine content, not more.

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meowface a day ago | parent | next [-]

I will donate $100 to charity if I made a false accusation.

(It's possible AI rewrote an article first written by a human here or whatever, but the point is that I can just tell this is mostly or entirely LLM output.)

	▲	teiferer a day ago \| parent [-]
		> I will donate $100 to charity if I made a false accusation That's honorable but not how accusations work. There is a first level indirect effect of painting somebody in a light that damages the reputation of their work or their person which isn't reversed by a donation or a sorry or anything since retractions/corrections/apologies don't get the same public attention. And there is a broader effect of chilling what people do since they don't want to get falsely accused. I'd recommend keeping such suspicions to oneself unless there is unrefutable proof, and if there is, then please provide it.

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done_lurking a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It does help, if the accusation is true. The fact that false accusations result in less genuine content implies that true accusations result in less disingenuous content. For better or for worse, social consequences do affect people's behavior on average.

	▲	teiferer 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		All true. But question is whether the positive consequences outweigh the negative. That may be the case, but it may not be. I don't find it obvious and not considering this is careless.

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dwaltrip a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The first few sentences alone are pure Claudish slop (I didn’t read any further). The stench is unmistakable once you’ve looked at it enough.

I’d also donate $100 if I’m wrong. I feel quite confident.

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teiferer 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, lots of redheads were burned back in the day because people "felt" things.

	▲	dwaltrip 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It’s a blog post… I’m not proposing we burn the author. You alright?

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fidotron a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In the spirit of the "That's what she said" bot, you could train an LLM detector by accusing everything of being authored by an LLM and seeing which ones get voted up.

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happytoexplain a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Novel" is not a prerequisite for something to be worth pointing out. Lots of bad things happen repeatedly, and don't quickly become not worth caring about or knowing about. People have strong spirits and curious minds and it tends to take a long time to boil that frog out of them - generations, sometimes.

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throwawaysleep a day ago | parent | prev [-]

People aren't treating it as a thoughtful contribution. It is more of a flag, like "spam".

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cj a day ago | parent [-]

HN already has a feature for that. Just flag the article!

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happytoexplain a day ago | parent [-]

I appreciate when people write things like, "this is an advertisement for the author's product, X." Why stay silent? If the commenter's accusation smells fishy, I'll read the article myself. Otherwise, they helped me.

	▲	cj a day ago \| parent [-]
		To me, it’s the equivalent of “HN is turning into Reddit” - it’s just a complaint without adding to the discussion.