People who create things, have a sense of the time and effort that goes into making something meaningful. So most of the 'hackers and makers' on HN fit into that and show a disdain for GenAI generated content. We've even coined the term AI slop for it.

OTOH if you don't create things, or at least don't create digital things (writing, code, whatever), then you probably don't care if something is AI or not.

From the typical HN POV the rise of LLMs and GenAI has been a seismic shift and there's been debate ad nauseum about the ethics, safety, and capabilities of these tools.

Grandma has done none of that reading, writing or thinking about this technology.

To grandma it's basically an extension of gifs and emojis and memes, silly little novelty distractions.

AI content is replacing something for the elderly. Is that good or bad? I don't know but it feels sad.