The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft

Re:The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft by nvme0n1p1 on Saturday July 25, 2026 @12:37PM (#49049040)

Authors aren't obligated to let strangers publish content on their site, any more than you're obligated to let me exercise my free speech by spraypainting messages on your house. You're not being gatekept from the conversation. You can participate in the conversation by publishing on your own site, just like the author has.

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Re:The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft by nvme0n1p1 on Saturday July 25, 2026 @12:40PM (#49049073)

The author is a person and they get to decide what they want out of life. Even if you disagree. If you get to decide how they live their life, can I decide how you live yours?

Why wouldn't you want spraypainted messages which bring real value to your house?

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Re:The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft by tikhonj on Saturday July 25, 2026 @12:41PM (#49049082)

I mean, if you wrote an article like "the whole premise of disallowing people to spray-paint your house is daft"...

The real point isn't that they're "obligated" to allow AI-generated comments, but that they're being something of a hypocrite.

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Re:The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft by nvme0n1p1 on Saturday July 25, 2026 @12:47PM (#49049156)

They aren't contradictary. A better analogy would be if they wrote an article like "the whole premise of banning spraypaint is daft", they still wouldn't want random strangers spraypainting their bedroom.

"Dogs should be legal to have as pets" yet "I don't own a dog"

"Banning sushi is daft" yet "I don't want sushi smeared on my house"

"Checking for human writing is daft" yet "I don' want strangers to be able to SSH to my webserver and edit the HTML files with their comments"

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Re:The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft by auggierose on Saturday July 25, 2026 @12:39PM (#49049067)

I am pretty sure you cannot send 1000 high value AI generated emails.

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Re:The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft by dijksterhuis on Saturday July 25, 2026 @12:51PM (#49049199)

i believe the GP is probably acutely aware of that considering they were quite obviously being sarcastic

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