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Ask HN: Has Hacker News already been Infiltrated by Clawd Bots?

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1 hour ago

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With the rise of LLM bot networks and boards, I’m wondering if HN has already been infiltrated by bots.

EDIT What I mean: I’m wondering if people let their bots post/comment on their behalf. I’m wondering how we can detect and prevent this from happening at scale.

I don’t think simple things account creation date alone is a reliable qualifier. You could easily give your bot access to post using an old account.

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bell-cot

1 hour ago

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What does "infiltrated by bots" mean? I'm sure there are some users running scripts, bots, and/or ai's here. Others are obviously just here to pitch their product, or seem like shills for various things.

But overall - whatever dang & co are doing to minimize the problem seems to be working fine.

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rvz

1 hour ago

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So we are re-inventing what was then called a 'botnet' but with LLMs.

What's old is now 'new' again.

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benttoothpaste

1 hour ago

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Considering the famous lack of appreciation for security and sandboxing in Clawdbot community this will soon transform into a very traditional botnet.