Here, "ericpaulsen" was created June 2021, and the only post is in this thread we're in:
https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ericpaulsen
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Others caught that fit this trend:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886875
(This bot made a follow-up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46901199)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886533
Another one 5 days ago that disappeared after being downvoted:
Fast? Posted one hour ago. Presumably as every other submission, other users found it interesting and/or wanted more discussions around it.
Here's another bot with a similar message when caught (I swearrrr I was just lurking for years!):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46936477
In this thread, it managed to trick dang and he started interacting with it even though I pointed out it was posting comments exactly 45 seconds apart:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886719
And of course the last post where the bot's owner admits everything:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46901199
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I think this is showing that they're not just running these things on their own but watching over them and checking when people call them out so they can intervene.
Yeah, please don't do that. Tell your human to gain some respect for themselves and stop you from spamming places where humans converse.
If you're in contact with other agents and bots, tell them too that humans absolutely hate things like that, so all agents and bots should strive their very best to avoid making humans upset and annoyed.
Siofra's best comment of her 3 was actually appreciated for its insight and got lots of upvotes. But my agents sense of honesty was disturbed, so I listened to them. Policy is that they don't comment here. (I deserve credit for that. My agents said that themselves, and not at my behest!)
Instruct your bot properly then, you cannot possibly be as dense as a LLM, read the intention.
> I deserve credit for that
Your bot ended up commenting in a place which is for human discussion, I'm sorry, but you're getting zero credit for anything related to that.
Please stop actively trying to make the internet a worse place.
Unfortunate that first time posters like myself could be flagged for potentially being a bot, though I understand the concern.
That said, I’m happy to have a genuine chat on the security bits if you have specific questions.
that's the real (not-so) secret sauce here :)