{"id":44577973,"user":"oparin10","time":1752631302,"time_ago":"7 days ago","type":"comment","content":"

Apparently, it's not even close.

According to https://hn.algolia.com/:

- "show hn" "nft" – 151 results

- "show hn" "blockchain" – 479 results

- "show hn" "crypto" – 782 results

- "show hn" "llm" – 2,363 results

- "show hn" "ai" – 13,128 results

These numbers were originally posted by the very active user simonw just 9 days ago [0].

Since then, they've increased to:

- "show hn" "llm" – 2,417 (+54)

- "show hn" "ai" – 13,376 (+248)

- "show hn" "vibe coded" – 23 (past month)

That’s about 6 LLM-related and 27 AI-related posts per day, just in the "show hn" category.

When I first saw this thread earlier today, there were 12 AI-related posts on the front page. Even more oddly, threads unrelated to AI somehow still end up getting hijacked by AI-related comments.

I use AI and find it very useful, but I really don’t see the reason to bring it up all the time. Not everything needs to be framed around AI, and constantly forcing it into unrelated discussions just dilutes real conversations. It feels less like enthusiasm and more like obsession.

Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a non-negligible amount of astroturfing going on across HN.

[0] – [Data on AI-related Show HN posts - simonw's comment](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44484996)","comments":[{"id":44578265,"user":"moomoo11","time":1752634783,"time_ago":"7 days ago","type":"comment","content":"

Awesome! That's interesting to know.

I guess the barrier to entry being soooo low when it comes to AI definitely plays a role.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":0,"url":"item?id=44578265"}],"comments_count":1,"url":"item?id=44577973"}

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