913 karma · joined November 27, 2018
Take a step back and really take a look at what's going on. You are not thinking clearly.
I would call HN a type of social media lite, but not the type of social media that's leading to generation-wide mental health issues in children/teens.
It's not okay to foist work onto other people because you don't think LLM slop is a problem. It is absolutely a problem, and no amount of apologizing and pontificating is going to change that.
Grow up and own your work. Stop making excuses for other people. Help make the world better, not worse. It's obvious that LLMs can be useful for this purpose, so people should use them well and make the reports useful. Period.
Slop is a function of how the information is presented and how the tools are used. People don't care if you use LLMs if they don't tell you can use them, they care when you send them a bunch of bullshit with 5% of value buried inside it.
If you're reading something and you can tell an LLM wrote it, you should be upset. It means the author doesn't give a fuck.
Do you think you're smart? Have you ever done something and said "man, I'm an idiot"? It's just like that.
Of course, the other explanation is that he's just grifting, which is also very possible.
It's an insane take. Completely bone-headed. Just obvious grift.
I am sure that you're objectively wrong if that is what you're saying.
55-60 is much more common.