HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

beekthos

27 karma · joined August 20, 2026

Marine Corps Veteran & Beekeeper
submissionscomments
beekthos··on Show HN: How much of Hacker News is about AI?
Working on it!
beekthos··on Show HN: How much of Hacker News is about AI?
Thanks, I appreciate it!
beekthos··on Show HN: How much of Hacker News is about AI?
Agreed it is confusing and as I mentioned earlier in a different comment, it made sense in my head reading it until someone else pointed it out. Looks like they've amended it to make it clear.
beekthos··on Show HN: How much of Hacker News is AI?
Yes! This post was the inspiration and is credited in the footer.
beekthos··on Show HN: How much of Hacker News is AI?
Several people have asked for this already, so I'll add it to my to-do list. I just want to be careful about flagging posts that appear to be written by AI. Perhaps I set certain thresholds of certainty to filter by. What I have currently is easily verified and matched by the words we are filtering for.

It is also interesting to note that I have already received 5 AI written emails to the email I linked in the footer.

beekthos··on Show HN: How much of Hacker News is AI?
The Show HN volume went 805/month to 4,199/month over that same time period, so from 3.2% of all submissions to 13.4%, while HN overall only grew 1.3x. So the flat ~24% held through a 5x expansion in the denominator, which makes it a lot more interesting honestly.
beekthos··on Show HN: How much of Hacker News is about AI?
Something to maybe track later would be /newcomments, but that would only grab the most obvious comments. People can certainly direct an AI to write in a style that sounds human, but I'm sure it'll still catch a fair amount.
beekthos··on Show HN: How much of Hacker News is about AI?
Most of the time things make sense in my head until someone points it out haha. I should have written it as "related to AI" or something like that.
beekthos··on Show HN: How much of Hacker News is about AI?
Yeah, that's probably the main limitation right now. This is measuring /new, so it's every submission rather than just the stuff that makes the front page.

lcamtuf's survey (linked in the footer) was looking at the front page, and the number there was quite a bit higher. So there's likely some effect from voting, although I haven't dug into that yet.

I think Algolia has a way to filter for front-page stories, which should make it pretty easy to add. I haven't tested that yet though but will certainly look into it!

beekthos··on Show HN: How much of Hacker News is AI?
Not a bad idea. I'd look at creating a separate page for embeddings. Crypto and NFT's would be the next best candidates to add. Something for me to work on over time.
beekthos··on Australia's music industry bans AI songs from charts
Except AI songs from services like Suno...?
beekthos··on How much of HN is AI?
And what will it be in another 10 years?