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Do you really think threads like [1], [2], [3] are pro-AI? I literally just selected three at random from today's feed. I think the only positive threads about

by johnfn 3mo ago

Do you really think threads like [1], [2], [3] are pro-AI? I literally just selected three at random from today's feed. I think the only positive threads about AI here are typically new model releases. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48923079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48923079 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48921461 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48921461 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926590 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926590

what 3mo ago
The last one isn’t negative because of AI but because of grok/elon.
- johnfn 3mo ago
  Sure and OpenAI articles aren’t negative because of Sam Altman, Anthropic articles aren’t negative because of Dario etc…
  - what 3mo ago
    They could be. But you’re delusional if you think people don’t shit on grok because of the association to Elon. Or it’s just a shitty model, who knows.
paulhebert 3mo ago
Five of the top eleven posts right now are about AI: 1. Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model [https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/ https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/] 2. High-Bandwidth Flash offers efficient storage for model weights [https://spectrum.ieee.org/high-bandwidth-flash https://spectrum.ieee.org/high-bandwidth-flash] 3. Grok Build is open source [https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build] 4. Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf] [https://www.siegelendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fortune-david-siegel-open-source-ai.pdf https://www.siegelendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/f...] 5. An Interactive Map of AI [https://artifipedia.com/map https://artifipedia.com/map] I would only say the discussion on #3 is particularly negative and as others mentioned Grok has a lot of its own baggage: Elon Musk, recently uploading home directories without asking, making sexual imagery of minors, etc. (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/22/grok-ai-generated-millions-sexualised-images-in-month-research-says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/22/grok-ai-g...) --- So a little less than half of the top 10 stories are about AI and only 1 is negative but that one potentially has other factors at play. Contrast this to how the general public feels about AI: "A majority of registered voters, 57%, said they believe the risks of AI outweigh its benefits, compared with 34% who said the opposite. What’s more, a plurality of voters view AI negatively ... Just 26% of voters say they have positive feelings about AI, compared with 46% who hold negative views. In fact, the only topics with a lower net positive rating than AI in the NBC News survey were the Democratic Party and Iran." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-majority-voters-say-risks-ai-outweigh-benefits-rcna262196 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-majority... --- Given all that, I would say HN has a more pro-AI bias than the general population. Do you disagree?

by johnfn 3mo ago

what 3mo ago

The last one isn’t negative because of AI but because of grok/elon.

johnfn 3mo ago
Sure and OpenAI articles aren’t negative because of Sam Altman, Anthropic articles aren’t negative because of Dario etc…
- what 3mo ago
  They could be. But you’re delusional if you think people don’t shit on grok because of the association to Elon. Or it’s just a shitty model, who knows.

paulhebert 3mo ago

Five of the top eleven posts right now are about AI: 1. Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model [https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/ https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/] 2. High-Bandwidth Flash offers efficient storage for model weights [https://spectrum.ieee.org/high-bandwidth-flash https://spectrum.ieee.org/high-bandwidth-flash] 3. Grok Build is open source [https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build] 4. Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf] [https://www.siegelendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fortune-david-siegel-open-source-ai.pdf https://www.siegelendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/f...] 5. An Interactive Map of AI [https://artifipedia.com/map https://artifipedia.com/map] I would only say the discussion on #3 is particularly negative and as others mentioned Grok has a lot of its own baggage: Elon Musk, recently uploading home directories without asking, making sexual imagery of minors, etc. (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/22/grok-ai-generated-millions-sexualised-images-in-month-research-says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/22/grok-ai-g...) --- So a little less than half of the top 10 stories are about AI and only 1 is negative but that one potentially has other factors at play. Contrast this to how the general public feels about AI: "A majority of registered voters, 57%, said they believe the risks of AI outweigh its benefits, compared with 34% who said the opposite. What’s more, a plurality of voters view AI negatively ... Just 26% of voters say they have positive feelings about AI, compared with 46% who hold negative views. In fact, the only topics with a lower net positive rating than AI in the NBC News survey were the Democratic Party and Iran." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-majority-voters-say-risks-ai-outweigh-benefits-rcna262196 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-majority... --- Given all that, I would say HN has a more pro-AI bias than the general population. Do you disagree?