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SHOW HN2020

30points
25comments
#1,387of 3,028 in 2020
Top 46%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.57.

Idea: 0 for, 10 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Impressive technical demonstration and quality of output

    From 2 comments
    • The existence of this technology is bad for the world; the content that's created is a form of pollution. On the other hand, it's a pretty impressive demonstration of technical…
      jimrandomh on HN
    • Wow quite amazing. I am thoroughly impressed with the quality. It seems real. I wonder, how do you think you are benefiting society with this technology?
      tlarkworthy on HN

Objections

  • Generating SEO spam and pollution harms the web and the world

    From 4 comments
    • The existence of this technology is bad for the world; the content that's created is a form of pollution. On the other hand, it's a pretty impressive demonstration of technical…
      jimrandomh on HN
    • > I'm building https://sflow.io and part of that includes generating SEO articles Honest question, not trying to be rude, but how do you sleep at night knowing that you're…
      ebg13 on HN
    • I am very disappointed that another human being would pitch SEO spam, and automated SEO spam to boot, as something positive when we've seen for years how it rapidly and…
      ebg13 on HN
    • Is "AI Generated SEO Articles" the new term for a spam bot?
      flipcoder on HN
  • Maker should not have built this; ethics concerns

    From 3 comments
    • Did you ever stop to think if something like this should be built?
      Aaronstotle on HN
    • You should be ashamed.
      Mizza on HN
    • > I'm building https://sflow.io and part of that includes generating SEO articles Honest question, not trying to be rude, but how do you sleep at night knowing that you're…
      ebg13 on HN
  • Maker's fact-checking claims are not credible for SEO content

    From 1 comment
    • I am very disappointed that another human being would pitch SEO spam, and automated SEO spam to boot, as something positive when we've seen for years how it rapidly and…
      ebg13 on HN

Requests

  • Stop reposting the same article

    From 1 comment
    • Please don't delete and repost the same article. Deletion is for things that shouldn't have been submitted in the first place. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
      dang on HN

Questions

  • How does this benefit society?

    From 2 comments
    • Wow quite amazing. I am thoroughly impressed with the quality. It seems real. I wonder, how do you think you are benefiting society with this technology?
      tlarkworthy on HN
    • > I'm building https://sflow.io and part of that includes generating SEO articles Honest question, not trying to be rude, but how do you sleep at night knowing that you're…
      ebg13 on HN
  • What is the purpose of this in layman's terms?

    From 1 comment
    • Can someone explain in layman's term what the purpose of this is ?
      bulldog13 on HN

Alternatives named

  • WordAI

    From 1 comment
    • https://wordai.com/ https://automatedinsights.com/
      sdan on HN
  • Automated Insights

    From 1 comment
    • https://wordai.com/ https://automatedinsights.com/
      sdan on HN
  • GLTR (gltr.io) for detecting generated text

    From 1 comment
    • I hope projects like http://gltr.io/ can eliminate this type of content from search results, or at least give me a browser-based alert when I encounter it.
      lokl on HN

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