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Show HN: Chrome extension to hide AI/GPT related submissions from HN
Hi All, since I am consistently overwhelmed with all the all the ai/gpt news on the hn front page I built this simple extension to filter out such articles and show them on the extension popup if I'm in the mood to read. I am interested in the topic but just tired of reading the similar discussions (local models, llama on mac, ai taking away our jobs, etc) all the time. Every few days I search for topics on hn.algolia.com and go over any exciting development.
Ironically, since this was the first time I built an extension chat-gpt helped build 90% of the extension since . Also once installed, this show hn will disappear from your feed too :)
Firefox : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-filter/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-f...
Github : https://github.com/prashantkhurana/Hacker-News-Filter-AI https://github.com/prashantkhurana/Hacker-News-Filter-AI
- nakon 3y agoThanks! It’s a good 1/3 of my feed every morning that I have to hide.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- carrolldunham 3y agoI'd like to hide the submissions about hiding GPT submissions
- VWWHFSfQ 3y agoI'm sure this extension will work for that too
- crecker 3y agoOh, thank you. Much appreciated
- qwertyuiop_ 3y agoDid you get the extension written by ChatGPT ? ;)
- tgvaughan 3y agoI just did this for FF, worked like a charm! (I'm a programmer, but I've never put together a browser extension. This took 5min total.)
- iLoveOncall 3y agoHe literally says so in the post...
- MeteorMarc 3y agoCan it maintain the numbering used by HN?
- quiet_light 3y agosorry, no, it doesn't keep the numbering, just hides the post elements.
- londons_explore 3y agoAnd Ironically, it filters this...
- edizms 3y agoNot ironic if you don't need it anymore as a result.
- nodemaker 3y agoAI is the new bitcoin! I remember some people complaining about bitcoin in a similar fashion some time back while other people bought it.
- andirk 3y agoSo you mean a new hot [mostly misunderstood but accessible] technology is the new hot [but mostly misunderstood but accessible] technology. People would speak of "the net" c. 1999 similarly, like it was this nebulous creature rising up off its operating table! I guess we say "cloud" now so maybe nothing's changed.
- taf2 3y agoFunny I probably need this my wife snapped at me last night - “all you ever talk about is ai, enough”
- coding123 3y agoNot sure why anyone would hide those entries. This kind of thing is basically going to fuel our industry for the next 10 to 15 years.
- edizms 3y agoLuddites and the fearful.
- govolckurself 3y agoNo, it really won't. You can't replace software developers with linear algebra that writes essays at a sixth-grade level. Or, perhaps the bar really is that low, although high interest rates should help filter out most of the nonsense.
- coding123 3y agoNo it's more of developers will be integrating GPT into literally millions of locations. Every UI you will see soon will have a GPT integration. If you're trying to hide it in HN, good luck hiding it anywhere else.
- bearmode 3y agoKeep your fingers in your ears, you'll be regretting this attitude in 10 years.
- jovial_cavalier 3y agoEven if that's true, I'm sick of seeing the same half-baked opinions on the topic again and again.
- coxley 3y agoYes, it's neat. But you can play with the tool(s) without it being the only topic you consume day-in, day-out. Missing HN submissions about it won't leave me/you/anyone a barbarian. :)
- nickthegreek 3y ago
- m348e912 3y agoI'd like to filter for just AI related news on HN Is that an option?
- jrm4 3y agoCame here for exactly this.
- quiet_light 3y agoDo you mean just AI, not GPT? If so, I'll add an option in the some time. You can also clone the extension and remove GPT from the regex :)
- m348e912 3y agoI'd like AI AND GPT, in fact if there was a hackernews for just that, it would probably one of the sites I read daily.
- floydax 3y agoSomewhat related: I’ve started a weekly newsletter for the most trending AI-related stories on HN. It also includes a short summary and sentiment analysis with an emoji. You can read the latest digest here https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlights-hn-2 https://hn-ai-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/last-weeks-ai-highlig...
- pffft8888 3y agoFeeling left out?
- TheCaptain4815 3y agoProbably the biggest tech advancement in the past 20 years, not sure why you'd want to hide this. Just the other day I wanted to pick up where I left off on 'Crime and Punishment' but couldn't remember all the long russian names... So I asked ChatGPT to give me a non-spoiler short description of the main characters ONLY from the first half of the book, and it worked flawlessly.
- NationalPark 3y agoThe problem is for every good article on the tech, there are dozens and dozens of submissions from crypto-grifter-turned-AI-expert or yet another "platform play" instead of something actually practical. Let's see more of the gold and fewer of the shovels, please.
- 05bmckay 3y agoLove this, need this for twitter, slack, and email as well.
- bearmode 3y agoYou should be keeping up with AI news. It's going to impact all of us in a major way, best way to reduce negative impacts is to be informed about what's happening.
- MichaelMoser123 3y agogood idea! reminds me a bit of the sunglasses of Zaphod Beeblebrox... the 'Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses' https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Joo_Janta_200_Super-Chromatic_Peril_Sensitive_Sunglasses https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Joo_Janta_200_Super-Chro...
- twawaaay 3y agoI am not a huge fan of AI but I cannot deny this is probably biggest game changer since smartphones came out. I find it a bit strange (although entirely predictable) that some people would try to forget about whole matter and hide from it as if it did not exist. The reality is that the IT world is going to go through some fundamental shifts in near future and very likely a lot of people will either lose jobs or do completely different work or do it with a completely different set of tools and skills. We are now all trying to figure out what's in store for us and prepare for it, or be left out. I find articles on HN actually pretty useful. And unlike some other hysterias, the whole preoccupation with AI to be healthy and useful.
- melagonster 3y agoeach time I read a article about AI, I become frustrated again and again. If the end of world is coming, why I live?
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- 52-6F-62 3y agoIt's not the end of the world. Someone once found out that people part with their money easier when they think it's the end of the world, and now that ploy is run amok. It's easier than trying to do something good.
- reportgunner 3y ago> ...the IT world is going to go through some fundamental shifts in near future and very likely a lot of people will either lose jobs or do completely different work or do it with a completely different set of tools and skills. We have been hearing this for a decade, that's why we are sick of hearing it again. Just do the fundamental shifts already.
- twawaaay 3y ago> We have been hearing this for a decade, But that's not true. What we have been seeing was attempts that looked marginally useful. Helpdesk chats that were only able to handle simplest problems and would respond with something stupid more often than not. Things that did not really look threatening to actual people doing their jobs well. What I saw recently, on the other hand, is something that can actually perform useful, novel work and that can actually replace some marginally productive people. And this is very important difference.
- b33j0r 3y agoThis will be really useful for me to stay focused on learning PHP 3, and how to make a visitor spinner <img tag with a counter.cgi, and maybe even a few java applets with my spare cycles! (Nah, I see how clever this is :p Nice work!)
- geraneum 3y agoNot only for AI, but for any other topic, you can reduce the noise while focusing on more interesting content within the same criteria. I am interested about AI/GPT (already building software using it and following their development) but you have to admit, SNR is low right now even in HN. The doomsday comments. The low quality substack armchair opinion piece about the end of humanity in the next week. The crazy tweets, etc. If you are actually interested in AI, you won't probably like these either. This will hopefully change, like any other fad, and give their place for more interesting content on this same topic.
- iLoveOncall 3y agoThis is a great initiative, but when it's such a simple functionality I wish it was shared as a TamperMonkey script instead of a browser extension. It is much safer for the consumer as the browser extension will automatically update without ever notifying you, and can access everything on every page of every website. It just makes me uncomfortable. I will port the code out tonight, but thanks very much for sharing! EDIT: Here is the TamperMonkey script: https://pastebin.com/D555pGkj https://pastebin.com/D555pGkj (sorry it's not installable in one click, I didn't want to share my GitHub account)
- KomoD 3y agoI've already been using a user script to hide whatever I want, with a toggle button to show/hide.
- Teslazar 3y agoI read Hacker News through hckrnews.com and accomplish the same thing with a single line in my ad blocker browser extension (uBlock) filter list. Here's an example of the filter: hckrnews.com##.entry:has-text(/(orange|pineapple|kiwi)/i) Or it could be written as multiple lines if that looks cleaner: hckrnews.com##.entry:has-text(/orange/i) hckrnews.com##.entry:has-text(/pineapple/i) hckrnews.com##.entry:has-text(/kiwi/i)