> The point is that a reader may want to know that the text they're reading is something a human took the time to write themselves.
The reader may also simply want information that helps them.
> They just haven't commented.
Yes, they did.
Re:Who Invented Backpropagation?
by Dylan16807 on Monday August 18, 2025 @06:29PM
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> The reader may also simply want information that helps them.
The reader will generally want at least a cursory verification that it is information that helps, which dataflow didn't try to do.
Especially when you're looking for specific documents and you don't check if the documents are real. (dataflow's third one doesn't appear to be.)
It's a weird thing to wonder after so many people expressed their dislike of the upthread low-effort comment with a down vote (and then another voiced a more explicit opinion). The point is that a reader may want to know that the text they're reading is something a human took the time to write themselves. That fact is what makes it valuable.
> pncnmnp seems happy
They just haven't commented. There is no reason to attribute this specific motive to that fact.