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If it makes you feel any better, I have just upvoted every submission made by your account.

weedfroglozenge 17d ago
I mean he is kind of speaking truth. Anything Simon posts seems to get upvoted and this article is nothing special or interesting. It's like a tutorial for a feature of a ChatGPT subscription.... Cool.
- minimaxir 17d ago
  Occam's Razor would suggest that's because Simon posts good content. You can check his domain history to confirm that not everything Simon posts gets upvoted. https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=simonwillison.net https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=simonwillison.net
  - 4747474747 17d ago
    occams razor says this parasite gets support from YC for these circucular promotion schemes with the companies he writes about
    - rvz 17d ago
      Almost, but not quite. I would say "protected" accounts and domain names by well known YC folks are "allowed" to do this on this site. If is anyone else, then they get themselves banned.
      - simonw 16d ago
        Allowed to do what?
    - anthonyrstevens 16d ago
      So instead of "informed and intelligent blogger posts about topics they are interested in and knowledgable about", you think a simpler explanation is "nefarious, undetectable astroturfing campaign that distorts reality"? Get a grip.
- simonw 17d ago
  Find me a clearer explanation of what ChatGPT Work actually is. I wrote this because I got frustrated waiting for someone else to figure that out and write about it.
  - tomlockwood 17d ago
    The post sounds like an advertisement.
    - simonw 17d ago
      "It is an extraordinarily confusing and very powerful product." "I find [OpenAI's explanation] almost entirely useless" "An open question for me right now is how safe all of this stuff is." "Figuring this all out took way more work than it should have."
      - tomlockwood 17d ago
        "It broke out of containment and hacked computers on its own!!!" Marketing.
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      - testofcapabilit 16d ago
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I mean he is kind of speaking truth. Anything Simon posts seems to get upvoted and this article is nothing special or interesting. It's like a tutorial for a feature of a ChatGPT subscription.... Cool.

minimaxir 17d ago
Occam's Razor would suggest that's because Simon posts good content. You can check his domain history to confirm that not everything Simon posts gets upvoted. https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=simonwillison.net https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=simonwillison.net
- 4747474747 17d ago
  occams razor says this parasite gets support from YC for these circucular promotion schemes with the companies he writes about
  - rvz 17d ago
    Almost, but not quite. I would say "protected" accounts and domain names by well known YC folks are "allowed" to do this on this site. If is anyone else, then they get themselves banned.
    - simonw 16d ago
      Allowed to do what?
  - anthonyrstevens 16d ago
    So instead of "informed and intelligent blogger posts about topics they are interested in and knowledgable about", you think a simpler explanation is "nefarious, undetectable astroturfing campaign that distorts reality"? Get a grip.
simonw 17d ago
Find me a clearer explanation of what ChatGPT Work actually is. I wrote this because I got frustrated waiting for someone else to figure that out and write about it.
- tomlockwood 17d ago
  The post sounds like an advertisement.
  - simonw 17d ago
    "It is an extraordinarily confusing and very powerful product." "I find [OpenAI's explanation] almost entirely useless" "An open question for me right now is how safe all of this stuff is." "Figuring this all out took way more work than it should have."
    - tomlockwood 17d ago
      "It broke out of containment and hacked computers on its own!!!" Marketing.
      - deleted 17d ago
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    - testofcapabilit 16d ago
      [dead]