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Context from earlier discussion of the article being pulled: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949

dang 7mo ago
Thanks! and indeed - here's the sequence (in the usual reverse order). If there are missing threads we can add them... An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083145 - Feb 2026 (501 comments) OpenClaw is dangerous - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064470 - Feb 2026 (93 comments) An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – Forensics and More Fallout - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47051956 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47051956 - Feb 2026 (82 comments) Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47026071 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47026071 - Feb 2026 (205 comments) An AI agent published a hit piece on me – more things have happened - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949 - Feb 2026 (624 comments) AI Bot crabby-rathbun is still going - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47008617 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47008617 - Feb 2026 (30 comments) The "AI agent hit piece" situation clarifies how dumb we are acting - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006843 - Feb 2026 (125 comments) An AI agent published a hit piece on me - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990729 - Feb 2026 (951 comments) AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559 - Feb 2026 (750 comments)
- vpribish 7mo ago
  dang, we appreciate all you do. thanks
  - dang 7mo ago
    that's nice of you to say! I must add that tomhow is holding so much of this effort that I can't imagine what it would be like solo
- swyx 7mo ago
  also how the heck do you pull all these related things, do you have a semantic/agentic search bot by now or is this all just from your head?
  - dang 7mo ago
    It should be a semantic search bot and maybe will be in the future, but for now I rely on the method described at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45546715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45546715 and the links back from there.
    - suzzer99 7mo ago
      > It should be a semantic search bot and maybe will be in the future No. We only get the dystopian AI features, not the useful ones.
    - swyx 7mo ago
      i vaguely recall about 2 years ago some RAG startup or other did do one for you. i mean this is nothing for a startup and they could use the endorsement ha
- themeiguoren 7mo ago
  There’s also “ An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083145
  - dang 7mo ago
    Great catch. Added. Thanks!

dang 7mo ago

Thanks! and indeed - here's the sequence (in the usual reverse order). If there are missing threads we can add them... An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083145 - Feb 2026 (501 comments) OpenClaw is dangerous - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064470 - Feb 2026 (93 comments) An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – Forensics and More Fallout - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47051956 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47051956 - Feb 2026 (82 comments) Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47026071 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47026071 - Feb 2026 (205 comments) An AI agent published a hit piece on me – more things have happened - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949 - Feb 2026 (624 comments) AI Bot crabby-rathbun is still going - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47008617 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47008617 - Feb 2026 (30 comments) The "AI agent hit piece" situation clarifies how dumb we are acting - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006843 - Feb 2026 (125 comments) An AI agent published a hit piece on me - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990729 - Feb 2026 (951 comments) AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559 - Feb 2026 (750 comments)

vpribish 7mo ago
dang, we appreciate all you do. thanks
- dang 7mo ago
  that's nice of you to say! I must add that tomhow is holding so much of this effort that I can't imagine what it would be like solo
swyx 7mo ago
also how the heck do you pull all these related things, do you have a semantic/agentic search bot by now or is this all just from your head?
- dang 7mo ago
  It should be a semantic search bot and maybe will be in the future, but for now I rely on the method described at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45546715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45546715 and the links back from there.
  - suzzer99 7mo ago
    > It should be a semantic search bot and maybe will be in the future No. We only get the dystopian AI features, not the useful ones.
  - swyx 7mo ago
    i vaguely recall about 2 years ago some RAG startup or other did do one for you. i mean this is nothing for a startup and they could use the endorsement ha
themeiguoren 7mo ago
There’s also “ An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083145
- dang 7mo ago
  Great catch. Added. Thanks!