[kunai]

I do find it quite ironic that this piece reeks of LLM-writing while also simultaneously decrying the death of everything that is in antithesis to things like that. Is there a single shred of originality or shame left in the SV-adjacent writing sphere?

[JKCalhoun]

"this piece reeks of LLM-writing…"

How so?

It's getting to feel like some weird kind of AI McCarthyism where everything is suspected of being manufactured.

Since I have no idea whether something is LLM-generated or not, I've instead decided to argue things on their merits alone.

[Ferret7446]

Likely because it used common writing techniques, which people have now convinced themselves are a surefire way to identify AI content, because the AI, having been trained on writing that uses common writing techniques, also uses those techniques.

[152334H]

Best to treat it with some emotional distance. It's not like the optimization process feels it.

Whether be it human dullards, scripted botfarms, or even maleficence -- none of them experience shame. If they do see it at all, it would be as one of many factors to boost engagement.

[blast]

Fuck boosting engagement.

[kunai]

There is an ever-dwindling minority of people who think "fuck boosting engagement" is a valid strategy in this era. Online, engagement is everything. We have all, through social media and feed algorithms, been reduced to acting out the most insipid style of court-jester antics to try and garner attention; the SNR is just too high for good content to thrive.

[blast]

"The lesson is not just to resist. It is to grow up."

Barf.

[sph]

AI slop that complains about how AI is ruining the Internet is a trending genre on Hacker News.