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Ask HN: Is it time to fork HN into AI/LLM and "Everything else/other?"

467 points bookofjoe | 2 comments | 15 Jul 25 14:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.481s | source

I would very much like to enjoy HN the way I did years ago, as a place where I'd discover things that I never otherwise would have come across.

The increasing AI/LLM domination of the site has made it much less appealing to me.

1. tim333 ◴[15 Jul 25 22:32 UTC] No.44576574[source]▶
As someone who quite likes AI, couldn't the AI dislikers just ignore the ~15% of stories that are about AI? Or does their mere presence offend?
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2. atleastoptimal ◴[15 Jul 25 22:39 UTC] No.44576628[source]▶
The mere presence does seem to a offend. HN has what seems to be on average a more negative appraisal of AI than the industry average (based on where new software jobs/funding are going), but some of the comments I read seem to imply that this page is swamped by endless AI hype posts devoid of substance.

My first instinct reading these comments is "are we on the same website?", but I realize their perspective is possibly skewed by a strong visceral dislike of AI as an affront to many fundamental things they like about software and tech. It's become a tribal conflict, based on the ethos of "whose side are you on" rather than a sober appraisal of the facts, benefits, and legitimate hazards.