[sandcat_]

I feel like it’s time HN had a rule against comments like this. I am biased: I say this as someone who was previously (inaccurately) accused of being an AI, which was kind of a bummer as I’m already quite shy online and rarely speak.

But in that case there was at least a tell-tale sign: I’d used em-dashes. In this case, correct me if I’m wrong, but there’s really no reason to think this post is written by AI. It’s just a long post, that’s all. The sort we should be encouraging!

[replwoacause]

Take a look at his post history if you need more convincing. A few of the other commenters here have picked up on it as well. Did you see those posts?

[sandcat_]

That’s fair. I’ve read a bit more and some of the replies are clearly generated, you’re right. I don’t see any signs the original post is however and can’t comment on the app itself.

I still maintain that reporting this to dang and moving on is the best strategy. It’s hurtful to have your comments pored through and every flaw or inconsistency pointed out in the hope of identifying whether they were written with AI or not.

[replwoacause]

Point taken and I appreciate that point of view. Cheers

[tTarnMhrkm]

I just looked at my other posts and I just don't see it, lol.

I am a little too self promotion oriented on this platform, but until recently I thought that was kinda the point of this website and how it was different from the alternatives.

[replwoacause]

Alright, well if I’m wrong, then I apologize. That was just my read on your style of communication but of course I can’t prove anything, it just struck me as being written by ChatGPT. And based on some of the other observations made here by others I wasn’t alone. But again, sorry if I was off the mark.

[tTarnMhrkm]

Do you have a prospective on the LLM cloned apps and what that means for software?

[replwoacause]

I think I have a stronger opinion on what happens when anyone can spin up an “app” without technical know how. I’m not surprised in the least by the clones given that anyone can talk an “app” into existence. The quality of that app is another thing entirely. In other words, I’m less worried about clones and more about the integrity of software engineering in general.