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I noticed it as well but I don’t see a problem with it. I have spot-checked it at times and saw 5 to 8 of the top 10 posts about AI or directly adjacent. We a

I noticed it as well but I don’t see a problem with it. I have spot-checked it at times and saw 5 to 8 of the top 10 posts about AI or directly adjacent. We are in an emergent, dynamic periodt. AI is revolutionary and will continue to get better. The world will change drastically because of it. This seems so obvious yet many will call it purely hype, no real value, etc. We are still in the incubation period, just like the internet in the early 2000s.

cromka 29d ago
> I noticed it as well but I don’t see a problem with it. Again, I don't have a problem with AI news, I have a problem with missing out on other news that simply don't surface the news from the "New" abyss.
- jatora 29d ago
  Thankfully due to AI, it is an extremely simple matter to set up your own HN feed and filter it absolutely however you want
  - cromka 29d ago
    If people here barely see any non-AI content, then that non-AI content doesn't get interacted with, have interesting comments, etc. Filtering HN for yourself does not have the same effect as surfacing more non-AI content to every one.
jillesvangurp 29d ago
A few years ago, it was all web3 and block chains. I was just last week reflecting on how long ago it was I'd seen anything in that category make it to the HN front page. I think a lot of it has to do with where the investment money is going. Interesting how times change and topics that people are passionate about reflect that. A simple truth with HN is that you don't have to click on every link. And if you go into the comment threads, you don't have to react at everything. This whole "somebody is wrong on the internet" cliche starts with people's own behavior. In my case, AI agents are giving me a lot of quality procrastination time. I'm waiting for two things to finish right now. Anyway, that's just me looking into the mirror. AI definitely is a hot topic on HN. IMHO a lot of the material being upvoted is a bit low quality. I wouldn't mind a bit more aggressive pruning for that. I know the HN editors put their fingers on the scale when things get out of hand sometimes.
- someguynamedq 28d ago
  Do you genuinely think the current AI developments are only on the same tier as blockchain?
  - jillesvangurp 25d ago
    No, I did not claim that. I'm not sure how you jumped to that conclusion. But you are providing a beautiful example of "somebody is wrong on the internet". I was merely comparing the amount of low quality content that gets upvoted that is related to AI vs. a very similar amount of low quality content on web3/blockchain a few years ago on HN. Probably a large overlap in the people up-voting that content as well. Crypto bros turned into AI bros.

cromka 29d ago

> I noticed it as well but I don’t see a problem with it. Again, I don't have a problem with AI news, I have a problem with missing out on other news that simply don't surface the news from the "New" abyss.

jatora 29d ago
Thankfully due to AI, it is an extremely simple matter to set up your own HN feed and filter it absolutely however you want
- cromka 29d ago
  If people here barely see any non-AI content, then that non-AI content doesn't get interacted with, have interesting comments, etc. Filtering HN for yourself does not have the same effect as surfacing more non-AI content to every one.

jillesvangurp 29d ago

A few years ago, it was all web3 and block chains. I was just last week reflecting on how long ago it was I'd seen anything in that category make it to the HN front page. I think a lot of it has to do with where the investment money is going. Interesting how times change and topics that people are passionate about reflect that. A simple truth with HN is that you don't have to click on every link. And if you go into the comment threads, you don't have to react at everything. This whole "somebody is wrong on the internet" cliche starts with people's own behavior. In my case, AI agents are giving me a lot of quality procrastination time. I'm waiting for two things to finish right now. Anyway, that's just me looking into the mirror. AI definitely is a hot topic on HN. IMHO a lot of the material being upvoted is a bit low quality. I wouldn't mind a bit more aggressive pruning for that. I know the HN editors put their fingers on the scale when things get out of hand sometimes.

someguynamedq 28d ago
Do you genuinely think the current AI developments are only on the same tier as blockchain?
- jillesvangurp 25d ago
  No, I did not claim that. I'm not sure how you jumped to that conclusion. But you are providing a beautiful example of "somebody is wrong on the internet". I was merely comparing the amount of low quality content that gets upvoted that is related to AI vs. a very similar amount of low quality content on web3/blockchain a few years ago on HN. Probably a large overlap in the people up-voting that content as well. Crypto bros turned into AI bros.