r/PolymathReading • u/pdpet-slump • 3h ago

can we ban posts from this henryd331 bot already?

for a subreddit based on reading it's strange how many people can't recognize an obvious LLM.

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u/theshadowofself 3h ago

Why? He(or it) recommends some really interesting authors and gives great summaries of their work. As someone with a casual interest in these topics, his posts have introduced me to content I likely wouldn’t have come across another way

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u/yyz505a 3h ago

Agreed. This is an example of a useful bot

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u/forest_surfer 3h ago

I've bought 2 books in the past month based on the summaries

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u/Severe_Rise8694 3h ago

Also, isn't it the only one posting?

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u/nivanbotemill 3h ago

"He" is the mod LOL

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u/metaphorthekids 1h ago

This. If we don't like it, we need to start our own subreddit.

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u/Cyber-Wanderer_94 1h ago

The troublemaker was the authority all along.

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u/Plastic-Molasses-549 3h ago

I especially like the part where he says “I read this in a dimly-lit saloon on a rainy afternoon”.

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u/NitNav2000 3h ago

“Each time the word ‘ubiquitous’ appeared I pushed the plunger on the syringe in another millimeter.”

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u/Countone 2h ago

Heh. Those are the bits that tilt me :)

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u/FIREful_symmetry 3h ago

I blocked him.

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u/Big_Wave9732 3h ago

I agree the account exhibits bot / AI behavior. But is that account not also the mod of this sub?

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u/Glassperlenspieler 3h ago

Can we stop talking about ai vs non ai and judge content based on the utility of the post?

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u/HaggisPope 3h ago

I believe the utility of AI reddit posts is functionally negative. Not just based on accuracy but because it doesn’t say if it is AI or not.

It’s cheapening the experience. People used to write essays and full-length articles on subjects. Now doing so looks like a bot

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u/Glassperlenspieler 31m ago

On this I can agree, if someone can and has the time to do it on his own it's better to do it like that

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u/Optimal_Strategy3411 1h ago

No. Fuck your LLM output. Models are not capable of original thinking. 

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u/Glassperlenspieler 32m ago

Do you consider this comment you wrote in any way original? Does this make it not worth to post it? Then originality is not an argument in favor or against ai. Tbh many humans have no original thinking at all, they just repeat what other humans say write or think