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Comment by quietbritishjim

5 hours ago

I don't think I've ever seen someone on HN say that. Many people would say that AI makes them more productive at coding, not that the output is nice to read.

> I don't think I've ever seen someone on HN say that.

A 5m search got me the following:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48378191

  • Those are not that. The first two are people complaining about other people incontinently identifying text as AI, because it's annoying to listen to unreliable hunches and aspersions. The second two are complaining about AI detectors not being very reliable. The claim made in the last one is a casual anecdote about "an AI detector", presumably told because it's amusing. It isn't a vehement statement about how you must accept slop into your life.

    • Sorry, to me any complaint about people complaining about prose is a vehement statement about accepting AI.

      I feel that if one doesn't want to send that message, they shouldn't be attempting to convince others that rejection of AI prose must stop.

I would say that AI prose is often still a bit iffy, but I would disagree with anyone who would want to argue that this is any indication that AI prose will always be bad in the future.