[necovek]

I was thinking of making an alternative frontend to HN with GenAI stuff filtered out — using GenAI to do it, obviously (both build it and use it to filter things).

But mostly as a social experiment to test how fed up are people with AI-in-our-face ;)

This is what my sentiment is: there is genuinely useful stuff, but it really overwhelmes anything else and it's hard to find non-AI valuable stuff on the frontpage these days.

[blenderob]

Thank you. It is good to know that I am not the only one feeling this way.

[Imustaskforhelp]

Fun fact but I suggested it by making a Ask HN post about it nearly 2 years ago at this point:

Ask HN: Are you interested in a Hacker News alternative which doesnt focus on AI:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41789661 (oct 9,2024)

I for one would be interested if you do end up making one.

Some people have ended up making Ublock origin blocklists which block any post which mentions AI iirc.

[necovek]

I am not surprised others had a similar idea well before me: I'd just keep it as a "lens" into HN, and not a new thing.

As always, it's all about execution: we just need someone to do it.

[Imustaskforhelp]

> As always, it's all about execution: we just need someone to do it.

Agreed.

[linkdd]

I do apprehend this kind of ideas. It would make it easier for models to be trained to bypass that filter, making it even harder for humans to detect slop.

[necovek]

This is not about detecting AI generated content but detecting HN posts which mention/discuss AI.