Hacker News Commenter Questions LLM-Written Post on Frontpage
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harshjustpaid
A bagel you'd recommend to a friend without hedging.
Summary
A Hacker News commenter questions the legitimacy of a frontpage post, suggesting it was written by an LLM (large language model) due to its distinctive cadence, and expresses confusion about why it's on the frontpage, wondering if it's a joke.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThis post is very clearly written by an LLM. It has that distinctive cadence.
I'm not sure why it's on the frontpage.
(I'm starting to think it's a joke I'm not getting...)
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