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lapcatlast Saturday at 5:31 PM1 replyview on HN

> I just ask that as you read various articles over the next few weeks, please pay attention to headers especially of the form "The ___ Trap", "The ___ Problem", "The ___ Solution".

No, I'm going to try very hard to forget that I ever engaged in this discussion. I think your evidence is minimal at best, your argument self-contradictory at worst. The issue is not even whether you and I agree but whether it's justifiable to make a public accusation of AI authorship. Unless there's an open-and-shut case—which is definitely not the case here—it's best to err on the side of not making such accusations, and I think this approach is recommended by the HN guidelines.

I would also note that your empirical claim is inaccurate. A number of the headers are just "The [noun]". In fact, there's a correspondence between the headers and subheaders, where the subheaders follow the pattern of the main header:

> The Situation • The Trigger • The Consequence • The Damage

> The "New Account" Trap • The Legal Catch • The Technical Trap • The Developer Risk

This correspondence could be considered evidence of intention, a human mind behind the words, perhaps even a clever mind.

By the way, the liberal use of headers and subheaders may feel superfluous to you, but it's reminiscent of textbook writing, which is the author's specialty.


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evaneliaslast Saturday at 5:59 PM

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