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17 points by fantajuice ↗ HN
Got tired of my debates with my friend's ending in "I'm right bc I said so" so I made a platform where you can debate with your friend's(or a bot, recently added feature) about whatever you want, and after the debate is done a LLM judges who's more sound in logic. Gain points and climb the leaderboard!

Feedback and criticism would be appreciated(there's a discord in there if you wanna talk more in depth)

p.s.: I decided to use google acc sign in since it makes the whole thing easier to manage(live chatroom feature, etc.). I don't actually do anything with your emails

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fantajuice
Since there's prolly no active users on it rn, to test it u could try the bot mode or ask a friend to debate with you :)
molyss
The idea seems very cool.

I didn't create an account because it's asking for my email address when using my google account. Don't want more spam.

Also, some decisions seem more politically charged than necessary, like using "Donal Trump" as an example of an "Easy" debate opponent.

Finally, I don't know the SMS-style abbreviations are much appreciated on HN (u for you is the most annoying example in your introduction). I'm not sure why it's bothering me enough to tell you about it...

CamperBob2
Me: "Sites should not require account creation at a late stage of initial engagement. Account requirements should be disclosed up front to avoid wasting peoples' time."

Plato: "Yep, can't argue with that."

Einstein: "Indubitably."

Trump: "Covfefe"

splatzone
Is there a way to see some past debates? Would give me a flavour of how the site works without having to sign up and wait for someone to come online. Well done on releasing.
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maddynator
I really like it. How did you create rooms for playing with friends? Did you use a specific tech or open source library?

I am trying to implement the same for a game I am building but have no idea how to go about doing it.

Thanks in advance

lskfiep
This is the internet you are creating HN.
krapp
It would be far more efficient to have participants prompt LLM agents and have those agents debate one another. Who cares about what humans consider correct or logical in a world where LLMs will do most of the decision making and reality fabrication anyway? It's like asking a cow its opinion on the dairy industry.
Azure88
The problem with AI anything is it is still extremely unreliable. I had an argument with an AI opponent and it definitely won the argument from my perspective, but the system decided I won for some reason. It felt completely arbitrary and made me not trust the judgement of the app.