[ivcatcher]

Fair call — it did kind of explode from one calculator to 60+ I’m a real person (long-time lurker, finally posting), but I get why it looks sus. Things are changing fast, and I’m just happy to be part of the messy early wave. Thanks for the honesty.

[qaboutthat]

> Thanks for the honesty.

It's impossible to tell if this is AI or not. Another version of Poe's law. The only thing to do is assume everything is AI, just like you must assume all posts have ulterior (generalluy profit-driven) motives, all posters have a conflict of interest, etc.

Maybe the only thing to do is stop trying to understand posters' motivations, stop reading things charitably, stop responding, just look for things that are interesting (and be sure to check sources).

[brushfoot]

Reader, keep in mind that OP being "a real person" has nothing to do with whether their content is appropriate for HN.

Every spammer and scammer, even a bot, is ultimately controlled by a real person in some sense. That doesn't mean we want their content here.

[fancyswimtime]

people are hurt because something which defined them as a person can now be done by a machine; don't let them dissuade you

[keybored]

A fair amount of AI hype traffic is likely to be astroturfed and automated. Just serving AI investors.

Anyone who disagrees with the above are just hurt that their manual hyping has been replaced with machines.

[EinigeKreise]

People are hurt when people turn person-to-person communication into person-to-machine communication. It's dismissive of their use of genuine wall-clock time trying to engage with you.

[dangus]

I would add to this: skills mean nothing if you don’t use them.

OP made a site with a bunch of calculators. Their critics didn’t make that!