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Show HN: NotYetNews – AI-Generated News from the Future

53 points by johnpolacek 3y ago

andrewfromx 3y ago
very funny. But "NEW YORK - The year is 2122 and the fight for clean energy has taken an unexpected, yet entertaining turn." Shouldn't it read as a current news article writen in 2122? I wouldn't say "The year is 2023 and" today.
- andrewmunsell 3y ago
  To be fair, this type of intro has been used plenty of times as a stylistic choice https://archive.is/qwURS https://archive.is/qwURS
xwdv 3y ago
I think the year 2122 will be closer to Dune than any of these more optimistic articles. Or maybe Fahrenheit 451 if we don’t totally screw up the environment, with a dose of Harrison Bergeron.
- throw1881 3y ago
  In 2122 most western countries will look like slums in Brazil and South Africa, mixed with disproportionate wealth in a few places. Add a sprinkle of minority report, since (state) mass surveillance tech will be cheap and ubiquitous. People will still eat, fuck and shit. Coca cola and major brands will still exist in some way or another. The environment will remain the same.
lancebeet 3y ago
It seems like something is wrong with the links, at least on my machine. If I click the summary of the top article, I get linked to the second article. Clicking on the second article leads me to the third article, and so on.
- OJFord 3y ago
  2122 and still plagued by off-by-one errors! Yes, same for me on mobile, took a while for me to figure out what was going on because the one I was getting was so similar to the one I was trying to click.
  - johnpolacek 3y ago
    Oops! Fixed now
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barbariangrunge 3y ago
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- TuringNYC 3y ago
  >> Who cares? I care, and I appreciated this submission. I dont think the submission is meant to be a replacement for Literature or Science Fiction, I think it is meant to be a Proof of Concept and showcasing a technology hack.
  - jv22222 3y ago
    I agree. It seems like an obviously tongue in cheek submission rather than any kind of profit focused product. It even has a link to the open sourced version at the bottom.
  - throwanem 3y ago
    A proof of what concept?
    - johnpolacek 3y ago
      I wanted to try out building a website that auto-generates its own content. So I did that https://github.com/johnpolacek/notyetnews https://github.com/johnpolacek/notyetnews
  - johnpolacek 3y ago
    Thanks - yeah just having some fun over here!
- vouaobrasil 3y ago
  I agree. The more attention we give AI, the more it will be profitable for sites to use it to gain advertising revenue, and the more money will be given to it's development. That is why I have adopted the policy to NEVER click on any video or link that celebrates the use of AI, or uses AI to get more clicks. Of course, websites or blogs that harshly criticize AI are good.
jv22222 3y ago
> Why a Basic Algorithm Garnered Unprecedented Support from Quantum-Net Billionaires > In an absurd twist of events, the quantum-net community is perplexed by the curious case of AI-RH1002 – an unremarkable algorithm sowing division in a universally united world. Like many divisive codes before it, AI-RH1002 seems to have won the backing of quantum-net billionaires. Very funny site idea! This snippet reminds me of Ian M. Banks novels about the Culture.
HenryBemis 3y ago
Dare I say "The Onion" but in the future? That's what came to my mind when I saw it the site!
gravitate 3y ago
I built `This Hackernews Does Not Exist` which is similar to this: https://coxomb.github.io/This-Hacker-News-Does-Not-Exist/ https://coxomb.github.io/This-Hacker-News-Does-Not-Exist/ HN comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33845946 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33845946
- gliptic 3y ago
  The post that worries me most about the future is "Ask HN: What Happened to Pizza?"
- johnpolacek 3y ago
  Cool! Old school no AI just good ol fashioned JS :)
typpo 3y ago
Nice to see a fun, creative project like this. The LLM tie-in makes sense because it keeps headlines fresh & relevant to today's news. Thanks for sharing! If anyone else wants a peek behind the curtain, here is the GPT-4 call: https://github.com/johnpolacek/notyetnews/blob/main/cron/openai/generateParody.ts https://github.com/johnpolacek/notyetnews/blob/main/cron/ope...
xpl 3y ago
Check out my recent full-GPT-4 generated HN parody as well: https://crackernews.github.io https://crackernews.github.io (featuring coherent comment threads!) P.S. the prompts and the code I used can be found here: https://github.com/crackernews/crackernews.github.io/blob/gh-pages/generate.py https://github.com/crackernews/crackernews.github.io/blob/gh...
- gravitate 3y ago
  There's also Rachel's Whacker News: https://rachelbythebay.com/fun/hrand/ https://rachelbythebay.com/fun/hrand/ And Filippo Valsorda's gem: https://filippo.io/fakenews/ https://filippo.io/fakenews/ And of course my one (shameless plug): https://coxomb.github.io/This-Hacker-News-Does-Not-Exist/ https://coxomb.github.io/This-Hacker-News-Does-Not-Exist/ I think everyone should have their own fake HN side project lol
- circuit10 3y ago
  I feel like stripping the emojis out would make it a bit more realistic
  - xpl 3y ago
    A good idea, did it.
    - circuit10 3y ago
      The site is great, by the way
- johnpolacek 3y ago
  This is great! Pretty similar to what I did in that you have actual links to the articles and even images. If you had a cron script that auto-generated new content every day, I think that would be the only thing that I'm doing that crackernews doesn't yet. Another interesting choice is you are generating the article content itself. It is wild how you can get it to generate markup on the fly for different styles of posts. For my project, I'm generating structured JSON with an [OpenAI Function](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create#chat/create-functions https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create#c...) as I found even if you tell it the format you want in the prompt, it sometimes ignores it or doesn't match exactly. Then I'm uploading the JSON and images to S3. I didn't realize you could get a DALLE image and drop it in your own directory with a oneliner like you have. Very nice!
rpastuszak 3y ago
For a more present-oriented, yet archaic in its delivery, news coverage I recommend the Medieval Content Farm: https://tidings.potato.horse https://tidings.potato.horse
iamflimflam1 3y ago
This one is actually quite hopeful! https://www.notyet.news/news/2023-08-13/1 https://www.notyet.news/news/2023-08-13/1

53 points by johnpolacek 3y ago

very funny. But "NEW YORK - The year is 2122 and the fight for clean energy has taken an unexpected, yet entertaining turn." Shouldn't it read as a current news article writen in 2122? I wouldn't say "The year is 2023 and" today.

andrewmunsell 3y ago
To be fair, this type of intro has been used plenty of times as a stylistic choice https://archive.is/qwURS https://archive.is/qwURS

xwdv 3y ago

I think the year 2122 will be closer to Dune than any of these more optimistic articles. Or maybe Fahrenheit 451 if we don’t totally screw up the environment, with a dose of Harrison Bergeron.

throw1881 3y ago
In 2122 most western countries will look like slums in Brazil and South Africa, mixed with disproportionate wealth in a few places. Add a sprinkle of minority report, since (state) mass surveillance tech will be cheap and ubiquitous. People will still eat, fuck and shit. Coca cola and major brands will still exist in some way or another. The environment will remain the same.

lancebeet 3y ago

It seems like something is wrong with the links, at least on my machine. If I click the summary of the top article, I get linked to the second article. Clicking on the second article leads me to the third article, and so on.

OJFord 3y ago
2122 and still plagued by off-by-one errors! Yes, same for me on mobile, took a while for me to figure out what was going on because the one I was getting was so similar to the one I was trying to click.
- johnpolacek 3y ago
  Oops! Fixed now

deleted 3y ago

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barbariangrunge 3y ago

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TuringNYC 3y ago
>> Who cares? I care, and I appreciated this submission. I dont think the submission is meant to be a replacement for Literature or Science Fiction, I think it is meant to be a Proof of Concept and showcasing a technology hack.
- jv22222 3y ago
  I agree. It seems like an obviously tongue in cheek submission rather than any kind of profit focused product. It even has a link to the open sourced version at the bottom.
- throwanem 3y ago
  A proof of what concept?
  - johnpolacek 3y ago
    I wanted to try out building a website that auto-generates its own content. So I did that https://github.com/johnpolacek/notyetnews https://github.com/johnpolacek/notyetnews
- johnpolacek 3y ago
  Thanks - yeah just having some fun over here!
vouaobrasil 3y ago
I agree. The more attention we give AI, the more it will be profitable for sites to use it to gain advertising revenue, and the more money will be given to it's development. That is why I have adopted the policy to NEVER click on any video or link that celebrates the use of AI, or uses AI to get more clicks. Of course, websites or blogs that harshly criticize AI are good.

jv22222 3y ago

> Why a Basic Algorithm Garnered Unprecedented Support from Quantum-Net Billionaires > In an absurd twist of events, the quantum-net community is perplexed by the curious case of AI-RH1002 – an unremarkable algorithm sowing division in a universally united world. Like many divisive codes before it, AI-RH1002 seems to have won the backing of quantum-net billionaires. Very funny site idea! This snippet reminds me of Ian M. Banks novels about the Culture.

HenryBemis 3y ago

Dare I say "The Onion" but in the future? That's what came to my mind when I saw it the site!

gravitate 3y ago

I built `This Hackernews Does Not Exist` which is similar to this: https://coxomb.github.io/This-Hacker-News-Does-Not-Exist/ https://coxomb.github.io/This-Hacker-News-Does-Not-Exist/ HN comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33845946 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33845946

gliptic 3y ago
The post that worries me most about the future is "Ask HN: What Happened to Pizza?"
johnpolacek 3y ago
Cool! Old school no AI just good ol fashioned JS :)

typpo 3y ago

Nice to see a fun, creative project like this. The LLM tie-in makes sense because it keeps headlines fresh & relevant to today's news. Thanks for sharing! If anyone else wants a peek behind the curtain, here is the GPT-4 call: https://github.com/johnpolacek/notyetnews/blob/main/cron/openai/generateParody.ts https://github.com/johnpolacek/notyetnews/blob/main/cron/ope...

xpl 3y ago

Check out my recent full-GPT-4 generated HN parody as well: https://crackernews.github.io https://crackernews.github.io (featuring coherent comment threads!) P.S. the prompts and the code I used can be found here: https://github.com/crackernews/crackernews.github.io/blob/gh-pages/generate.py https://github.com/crackernews/crackernews.github.io/blob/gh...

gravitate 3y ago
There's also Rachel's Whacker News: https://rachelbythebay.com/fun/hrand/ https://rachelbythebay.com/fun/hrand/ And Filippo Valsorda's gem: https://filippo.io/fakenews/ https://filippo.io/fakenews/ And of course my one (shameless plug): https://coxomb.github.io/This-Hacker-News-Does-Not-Exist/ https://coxomb.github.io/This-Hacker-News-Does-Not-Exist/ I think everyone should have their own fake HN side project lol
circuit10 3y ago
I feel like stripping the emojis out would make it a bit more realistic
- xpl 3y ago
  A good idea, did it.
  - circuit10 3y ago
    The site is great, by the way
johnpolacek 3y ago
This is great! Pretty similar to what I did in that you have actual links to the articles and even images. If you had a cron script that auto-generated new content every day, I think that would be the only thing that I'm doing that crackernews doesn't yet. Another interesting choice is you are generating the article content itself. It is wild how you can get it to generate markup on the fly for different styles of posts. For my project, I'm generating structured JSON with an [OpenAI Function](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create#chat/create-functions https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create#c...) as I found even if you tell it the format you want in the prompt, it sometimes ignores it or doesn't match exactly. Then I'm uploading the JSON and images to S3. I didn't realize you could get a DALLE image and drop it in your own directory with a oneliner like you have. Very nice!

rpastuszak 3y ago

For a more present-oriented, yet archaic in its delivery, news coverage I recommend the Medieval Content Farm: https://tidings.potato.horse https://tidings.potato.horse

iamflimflam1 3y ago

This one is actually quite hopeful! https://www.notyet.news/news/2023-08-13/1 https://www.notyet.news/news/2023-08-13/1