Also, I'd correct your opening sentence like so:
> This is the thing: they probably AI "summarized" it.
I've seen many "summaries" that have come out of those lossy compressors... when tasked with compressing inputs of any appreciable complexity, the output is often too poor to serve as a summary. What you get sure is summary-shaped, though.
> Most of the comments in this thread are, unfortunately defending the thing that will make them less useful and less relevant...
If your claim here is that most of the comments so far are astroturfers or similar, ignore the rest of this line. If it isn't, I'd recommend that you read TFA in its entirety... or go back and read it more carefully if you already did. A sizeable section of the essay talks about what I think you're gesturing at.
100% in alignment. It almost seems like this is AI boosters looking to set the conversational agenda early to sway any dissent from happening. Real conversations are becoming harder and harder to have.
Eyuuup. Even on The Red Site (which usually has fairly sane commentary... as long as simonw stays out of the conversation thread), the first commenters on the submission about this essay have very obviously either not read the entire essay, or are pointedly ignoring the parts of it that either conflict with or directly address the claims in their comments.
As is sometimes said by idiot Twitch streamers: Fuck my chungus life, I guess.
Wow, this was ejected off of the front page. It's currently sitting at page 10 two hours after posting. Based on what I've seen over the years, carefully-written criticism about the products of the LLM industry rarely does do well here... for whatever reason.
Always these baseless accusations. I've been here almost as long as you have and find it extremely offensive, just because I'm rebuking a flawed argument with basic facts. There's no conspiracy and you're breaking the HN rules by insinuating it.
I agree!
> ...and you're breaking the HN rules by insinuating it.
It's a good thing that I'm not, then.
> ...just because I'm rebuking a flawed argument with basic facts.
cough