Using Time Travel for Procrastination

https://medium.com/luminasticity/using-time-travel-for-procrastination-8c8ab4d0de4d

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kermit___2• 1 year ago

This work seems like it was a some sort of advanced LLM output. Thought-provoking and curious, but no soulful thread of consciousness. It could also be schizoid rambling, but it seems too detached for that. I read it bottom to top and it made no more sense. I guess this is what makes frontpage HN these days. It’s probably the third or fourth thing over the past month that was obvious garbage.

david-s• 1 year ago

I've no idea if TFA is good or not, but it is very new and has only 4 upvotes. The HN front page is a mix of new and popular-despite-age. So it's not surprising to find some barely-vetted things on the front page. (AFAIK the idea is that we're all suppoed to vet them, and the survivors stay on the front page for longer)

kermit___2• 1 year ago

They should be vetted by people that pay attention and read the content. If LLM garbage content is regularly getting around the filter, that’s a stone’s throw from dangerous content that could damage the community.

Using Time Travel for Procrastination

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