No, the implication that "THING" is the cause of something and therefore something needs to be done must withstand the scrutiny of "other THINGS" also causing that thing, and therefore the solution is attacking either only one cause or not the real root cause.
The fact that bad reports have to be triage doesn't change with AI. What changed is the volume, clearly. So the reasonable response is not to blame "AI" but to ask for help with the added volume.
If HN gets flooded by AI spam, is the right response shutting down HN? spam is spam whether AI does it or a dedicated and coordinated large numbers of humans do it. The problem doesn't change because of who is causing it in this case.
The change in volume was the tipping point between bug bounties being offered and devs being able to handle bad reports, and bug bounty nixed because devs no longer willing to handle the floos.
And the root cause for the change in volume is generative AI.
So yes, this is causally related.
> The problem doesn't change because of who is causing it in this case.
Wrong.
Because SCALE MATTERS. Scale is the difference between a few pebbles causing a minor inconvenience, and a landslide destroying a house.
So whatever makes the pebbles become a landslide, changed the problem. Completely.
notepad0x90|1 month ago
The fact that bad reports have to be triage doesn't change with AI. What changed is the volume, clearly. So the reasonable response is not to blame "AI" but to ask for help with the added volume.
If HN gets flooded by AI spam, is the right response shutting down HN? spam is spam whether AI does it or a dedicated and coordinated large numbers of humans do it. The problem doesn't change because of who is causing it in this case.
usrbinbash|1 month ago
The change in volume was the tipping point between bug bounties being offered and devs being able to handle bad reports, and bug bounty nixed because devs no longer willing to handle the floos.
And the root cause for the change in volume is generative AI.
So yes, this is causally related.
> The problem doesn't change because of who is causing it in this case.
Wrong.
Because SCALE MATTERS. Scale is the difference between a few pebbles causing a minor inconvenience, and a landslide destroying a house.
So whatever makes the pebbles become a landslide, changed the problem. Completely.