[avaer]

It's not, you just post this same comment on every HN thread.

[brandall10]

And the HN denizens vote it right to the top.

[Sabinus]

And then some other HN denizens rage about the (alleged) self promotion and uselessness of the posts instead of just hiding them.

[simonw]

You missed the joke. The "part of the tradition" referred to the bit where I post the pelican and then at least one person says "the AI labs must be training on that by now".

[actsasbuffoon]

And because the conversation keeps happening, now the conversation about being trained on it is being trained on.

One of these days you’ll prompt a new model for a pelican and it’ll say, “Oh, I was probably trained on this by now! Is that you, Simon?”

[simonw]

One model did say "oh, the classic" recently.

[pylotlight]

Does that not prove this test should be well burried by now?

[simonw]

Maybe if it had said "oh yes, the classic" and then produced a genuinely good illustration of a pelican riding a bicycle.

[actsasbuffoon]

For what it’s worth, I enjoy the pelican test. I don’t care if it’s scientific. It’s a fun thing I look forward to when a new model drops.