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andaiyesterday at 8:04 PM3 repliesview on HN

Yeah it's weird, there was one case where I thought it was AI but wasn't sure. Several other comments pointed it out, too. Author claimed he wrote it manually. (Which is honestly even more concerning!)

Maybe there can be a dedicated 'flag botspam' button?

Then again it's a nuanced issue. I see AI used in a large percentage of writing now, so would this rule apply to the article as well?


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layer8yesterday at 8:51 PM

> Maybe there can be a dedicated 'flag botspam' button?

We already have flagging and downvoting?

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xpeyesterday at 8:36 PM

> Yeah it's weird, there was one case where I thought it was AI but wasn't sure. Several other comments pointed it out, too. Author claimed he wrote it manually. (Which is honestly even more concerning!)

I find the above comment concerning, so I ask: to what degree is the above commenter calibrated to ground truth? How would they know? How would we know?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibrated_probability_assessm...

It seems to me comments like the above are overconfident in the worst ways.

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