Comment by zamadatix

The conversation is certainly not on "my terms" as I didn't write the guidelines (nor do they benefit me more than anyone else). If you are genuinely concerned with the conversation, please flag it and/or email hn@ycombinator.com and they will (genuinely) handle it appropriately. Otherwise there is not much else which can be said around this here.

If not, continuing to have a conversation can only happen if we want to discuss the recent growth rate of AI and take the time to read what each other write. Similarly, async conversation can be as clear and consistent as we want it to be - we just have to take the time to ask for clarification before writing a response on something we feel could be a movable understanding. Nothing is meant to be unclear as a "gotcha" and I'll always be glad to clarify before moving on.

I also agree nobody should rely solely on LM Arena for benchmarks, which is not what starting a conversation by using it in an example was meant to imply we need to do. I'd love to continue chatting more about other benchmarks and how you see Tao's comments, as you seem to have walked away from reading them with a very different understanding than I did.