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We used an AI agent to fix an open-source bug. Someone asked to ban us

18 points · 21 comments · maxcr

AnodicElegy · 1790213806 · focus · HN ↗
Your PR comment was clearly written by an LLM and you used it to advertise your platform. I think the user calling for your ban made a reasonable point:
"The project and the bug were co-opted into an 100% automated flow without asking permission. It forced you to detect and intervene in order to get a human to pay attention. Your [sic] were forced to dedicate human time, while they could choose whether to or not. That's exactly the unsustainable asymmetry that should be renounced."
1. maxcr · 1790215103 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. dang · 1790216559 · focus · HN ↗
    Can you please not post AI-generated or AI-edited comments to HN? It's not allowed here - see <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated">https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated and <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079.
    Of course, it's impossible to know for sure what was LLM processed or not, but some of your posts (like this one) have been getting classified that way.
    maxcr · 1790216691 · focus · HN ↗
    This was me, sorry if it reads like AI. I'm aware of the rule.
    dang · 1790223825 · focus · HN ↗
    I believe you, of course—but if that text wasn't generated, did you run it through other tools like grammar checkers or translators? We're finding that such tools also leave strong LLM imprints.
2. skeledrew · 1790215578 · focus · HN ↗
  The project owner accepted the contribution after a bit of back and forth and moved on. Others need to acknowledge that and take themselves elsewhere if they don't agree. Enough with the negativity in other people's spaces.

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