I’ve seen several false (or apparently false) accusations of LLM authorship on HN/Lobsters.
However, we have to distinguish a few hypotheses:
1. No careful readers will notice when a piece is AI written.
2. Careful readers will generally not notice AI writing.
3. Everyone who writes comments on HN will reliably classify writing as AI or not.
Yes, 3 is not true, but Bryan’s point depends on something in the area of 2.
The ability to distinguish AI writing depends on having a good ear. For people who lack it, they either don’t notice and don’t care, or they make paranoid accusations against anything that is remotely non-standard (“you used an em-dash, you must be AI!”).
However, we have to distinguish a few hypotheses:
1. No careful readers will notice when a piece is AI written.
2. Careful readers will generally not notice AI writing.
3. Everyone who writes comments on HN will reliably classify writing as AI or not.
Yes, 3 is not true, but Bryan’s point depends on something in the area of 2.
The ability to distinguish AI writing depends on having a good ear. For people who lack it, they either don’t notice and don’t care, or they make paranoid accusations against anything that is remotely non-standard (“you used an em-dash, you must be AI!”).