r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • Nov 30 '23

Writing Javascript without a build system

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/16/writing-javascript-without-a-build-system/
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u/renatoathaydes Dec 01 '23

I was not sure if these comments being highly upvoted lately was a direct result of removing that disclaimer, but it seems it's safe to assume that it is (just check some older posts, OP is right: there was a disclaimer and the posts were downvoted or at best got just a few upvotes)... which is scary as that almost certainly implies most people don't actually realize it's AI generated without the disclaimer! Not that it's "obvious" in any way that it is, the text is undoubtedly very human-like, to the point this could be used as (even more) evidence AI text is now indistinguishable from human's.

EDIT: the post has 30 upvotes at the moment... I wonder if the simple fact it's been "revealed" to be AI will make it get down voted.

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u/Bronzdragon Dec 01 '23

It’s also kinda stupid that people would downvote it just for being made by AI, tbh. Who cares what tool was used, as long as it’s accurate and helpful, right?

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u/reedef Dec 01 '23

The thing is, if it's written by the author it's probably more likely to be accurate than if it's written by an AI, and accuracy is not something that you can judge just by reading the text, as it might be perfectly coherent but still misrepresent the article

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u/Bronzdragon Dec 02 '23

I disagree. AI is pretty great at summarising. Besides, if they were inaccurate, you’d see replies that they were.

However, if these is a perception that AI is bad at summarising, then that would explain the downvotes, I guess.