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Re:GPT-3 generated blog post reach #1 on Hacker News by albatruss on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:08PM (#24165079)
This is exactly the reason why academics like their ivory tower, and value credentials more than egalitarian hackers do.
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Re:GPT-3 generated blog post reach #1 on Hacker News by codezero on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:18PM (#24165123)
Because they can trust the work of their peers as having met some agreed upon standard, or are you saying academics are bad and hackers are actually egalitarian as a general rule?
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Re:GPT-3 generated blog post reach #1 on Hacker News by albatruss on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:28PM (#24165162)
Trust is important. Hackers are naive and will rediscover the old lessons.
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