Asking for supporting citations is a good LLM technique I was not aware of. Appreciate the tip!
And of course the process you're describing would result in a much better post, after much more work.
That said, those are good standards for scientific journals. To me, discussion posts in a hacker forum has a much lower bar, and I think I fulfilled my civic duties by saying it came from an AI.
The fundamental problem with asking an llm when participating in a forum is that we're here because we're curious about your side of things. If we would be curious about the output of an llm, we would ask the llm directly. The value in a discussion like this is the human element itself.
So yes, I encourage you to just open up about the thing in discussion, even if you end up being wrong for example, or didn't write the best resourced comment. The authenticity, and the exchange itself is the point!
And of course the process you're describing would result in a much better post, after much more work.
That said, those are good standards for scientific journals. To me, discussion posts in a hacker forum has a much lower bar, and I think I fulfilled my civic duties by saying it came from an AI.
I'll probably avoid it in the future though.