If you didn't catch it, this is a joke calling out the comment above it for using a couple obvious LLM-isms. The comment above may have been a joke, too. It's hard to tell any more.
reply> It's hard to tell any more.
replyWait, I think I have the answer!
"You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?"
What do you mean I'm not helping?
replyHm... Why? Ah! Because you are also a tortoise
replyTortoise have been observed righting other tortoise that have become stuck.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DZ57D608fiM (two tortoises helping a third)
this has a terrible voiceover but you get the idea
reply> You're absolutely right
replyBot detected
But crucially they used "--" and not "—" which means they're safe. Unless it's learning. I may still be peeved that my beloved em dash has been tainted. :(
replyOf course they'll learn. LLM bots have been spotted on HN using that hipster all lower case style of writing.
replyi can write like this if i want. or if i were a clever ai bot.
No need to be clever, just add the instruction to write in that way.
replyNever admit when someone else is right. They'll forget they were right and begin to think they won a fight.
replyOr something. You're right.
I think that's the joke.
replyI found the key insight -- when a human tries to sound like an LLM, that's perceived by other humans as humor.
replyNot sarcasm. Not cynism. Just pure humor.
replyOh my God, this is peak GPT.
replyThe issue is clear
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