alt Hacker NewsI think your comment was maybe downvoted for being so terse and dismissive.
But you're right that it is anything but a good piece of writing and it is genuinely strange to see people act otherwise.
> That kind of furniture organized more than just objects. It organized a relationship with technology. It suggested that the computer (and with it, the internet) was something used under particular conditions: seated, in that spot, for a certain amount of time. Something that was switched on and off, opened and closed.
It's making a nice point and one that I'm sure most of the people here do find appealing, it's an idea that I relate to myself. But the words used to make that point are bordering on nonsense.
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> But you're right that it is anything but a good piece of writing and it is genuinely strange to see people act otherwise.
The prose isn't good. It does read like AI slop.
But it invoked an insight and feeling in me that was novel and poignant and (I think) intended by the author.
That's why I called it lovely writing.
> But you're right that it is anything but a good piece of writing and it is genuinely strange to see people act otherwise.
It is prudent to assume there is a decent chance it is not a person acting otherwise (i.e. could be bots). Funny, because this was also a recent post:
> I think your comment was maybe downvoted for being so terse and dismissive.
Yes, I know, but what motivated me to ask was that from my observations also less derisive comments raising AI point are prone to being downvoted. Like this comment I linked to was 'just asking a question'. And I saw others being more pleasant, with no different results.
Usually the LLM generated texts they are reacting to aren't IMO worthwhile - like in this case. Idk, I feel very surprised by how accepting of them others here seem to be (if measured by points system).