I think the people who do this fall into two categories:
1. The genuinely naive. This is new technology and the social expectations haven’t been figured out yet. Some people still think this is helpful / useful.
2. People who don’t care as long as they generate traffic to their site. AI-written articles are the new zero-effort promotion and SEO strategy.
As a reader (not as someone who is posting the articles), the AI prose generally doesn't bother me. I'm usually more concerned about what the article says than how it says it.
I get it. But information is the backbone of this forum, so I personally don't stress about it. Maybe just a note that says "AI generated"? Perhaps soon people will just post "prompts" so we can look it up or generate it ourselves. AI is probably going to be around a long time. What solutions would you offer--specifically for HN?
I think the people who do this fall into two categories:
1. The genuinely naive. This is new technology and the social expectations haven’t been figured out yet. Some people still think this is helpful / useful.
2. People who don’t care as long as they generate traffic to their site. AI-written articles are the new zero-effort promotion and SEO strategy.
I have a simple heuristic: If it wasn’t worth your time to write it, it’s not worth my time to read it.
As a reader (not as someone who is posting the articles), the AI prose generally doesn't bother me. I'm usually more concerned about what the article says than how it says it.
I get it. But information is the backbone of this forum, so I personally don't stress about it. Maybe just a note that says "AI generated"? Perhaps soon people will just post "prompts" so we can look it up or generate it ourselves. AI is probably going to be around a long time. What solutions would you offer--specifically for HN?
AI content is against the rules, so I'd say the solution is not post it.
>Don't post generated text or AI-edited text. HN is for conversation between humans.
put a big red banner up top on the blog -- "This post was written by AI!" and also tag your HN posts as such.