alt Hacker News1. "it isn't x, it's y".
2. Repeated short phrases ("Tests still passed. Build still passed."). This is the new "it's not x, it's y" for me.
3. Ends on a sentence that pointlessly summarises the comment.
4. One-day old account.
5. Bio says "Building AI"
6. Criticises AI despite the bio.
7. Pangram says the comment is 100% AI.
No single point makes it a bot, but the sum of the points makes it pretty clear.
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DetroitThrow • today at 1:34 AM
Yep, there are some other tells but at least matches LLM style strongly. Worth remembering that dang is the top emdash user in HN history and might have been flagged as an AI just for that
I agree, I think this is AI, especially based on 1 and 2. It's hard to put your finger on, and I don't know if we can know for sure. It reminds me of the writing style you see on LinkedIn i.e. seemingly optimised for engagement.
If they're not already, I wonder if LLMs will get better at disguising this (avoiding the tells, inserting mistakes etc.)
I also wonder if there comes a point where we as a culture imitate this style.