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692 points rudedogg | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rudedogg ◴[17 Nov 25 10:42 UTC] No.45952436[source]▶
I submitted this and unfortunately it is likely AI generated. The authors github history suggests it at the very least, along with seemingly misunderstanding a reference to a Zig language feature (labeled blocks - https://zig.guide/language-basics/labelled-blocks/) in the project issues (https://github.com/zigbook/zigbook/issues/4).

I’m not sure how much value is to be had here, and it’s unfortunate the author wasn’t honest about how it was created.

I wish I wouldn’t have submitted this so quickly but I was excited about the new resource and the chapters I dug into looked good and accurate.

I worry about whether this will be maintained, if there are hallucinations, and if it’s worth investing time into.

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ecshafer ◴[17 Nov 25 13:51 UTC] No.45953533[source]▶
That github exchange is hilarious and bizarre. It's very obviously people talking to not people.
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nabbed ◴[17 Nov 25 22:53 UTC] No.45959350[source]▶
The exchange on https://github.com/zigbook/zigbook/issues/4? If so, your botdar is better than mine. While the project owner doesn't understand the issue at first, they seem to get it in the end. The exchange looks sort of normal to me, but then I guess I am doomed to be fooled regularly in our new regime.

Some text in the book itself is odd, but I'll be a guinea pig and try to learn zig from this book and see how far I get.

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1. ecshafer ◴[18 Nov 25 01:40 UTC] No.45960445{3}[source]▶
The exchanges look totally like a robot to me. It looks to be deleted now. But the first response that responded to the bug report with how many systems its tested on seems weird and robot like. Then the screenshot that the "person" has to be told to scroll down, that is very ai like.