[HN Gopher] Show HN: Fake Hacker News - See what HN has to say b...
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Show HN: Fake Hacker News - See what HN has to say before you post
Hi HN! I've been lurking for a while, but out of fear of being
steamrolled by HN readers or maybe just natural introversion, I've
always been too scared to post or comment. Which is why 1. this is
my first real Hacker News submission 2. my friend Michael and I
built "Fake" Hacker News, a place to post and see what AI-generated
HN comments might say. Here's a video of me using fakeHN to test
this very submission:
https://www.loom.com/share/4b9f4f9d7c77489a86baeb92ec55a1ed?...
And an example of one of our generated posts:
https://www.fakehn.com/submission?id=tnYPX00BX827jWFPFkVJ To try
it, submit a title and text, and depending on traffic and the
powers that be, after ~5 seconds, you'll see some Fake HN comments
and replies. We don't support url submissions yet, but we're happy
to build it if the community wants it! Other features to knock
out: deeply nested replies, streamed comments, and higher-fidelity
comments mapping to real readers, since the generations now are
still pretty shallow. Instead of the quick and dirty system in
place now, we think it'd be really cool to see how more nuanced AI
agents with the opinions and biases of real individual HN readers
might respond. I'd love to see what fakeHN posts you've tried and
hear any feedback, whether you feel like it's more of a nifty toy
or could eventually solve real problems. If nothing else, it's been
funny to try random posts and see the results. :) - Justin and
Michael
Author : jusquan
Score : 7 points
Date : 2023-08-20 21:26 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.fakehn.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.fakehn.com)
| atum47 wrote:
| This is fun. Had a blast posting my project about websockets in
| PHP. Nicely done.
| mbzhu wrote:
| Hey HN! Michael here, one of the co-creators of Fake Hacker News.
|
| if anyone is curious, here is some background info on our tech
| stack:
|
| - Frontend: react, next 13, typescript, tailwind css
|
| - DB: firebase for storing submissions and the generated comments
|
| - Backend: vercel edge function that calls openai
|
| - Analytics: posthog
|
| For analytics, we are collecting the following product events:
|
| - number of times we call openai
|
| - failure rate of the generation request
|
| - number of retries per user
|
| would appreciate any feedback on the product and the tech stack!
| sprobertson wrote:
| Enjoyed the [flagged] + dang response easter egg
| jusquan wrote:
| Haha was waiting to see how long it'd take for someone to
| notice!
| tamimio wrote:
| It even flagged some of the comments on my fake post! Cool!
| jusquan wrote:
| dang roams through all variants of HN ;)
| boricj wrote:
| Hmm... Let's try with the ridiculously esoteric thing I'm
| currently tinkering with:
|
| > "Show HN: Ghidra object file exporter extension" - "I'm working
| on a reverse engineering technique which allows me to unlink
| parts of programs back into object files. Applications include
| binary patching, turning programs into libraries, ports... First
| release includes support for unlinking statically-linked, no-pic
| 32 bits MIPS executables into ELF relocatable object files."
|
| Second comment and replies:
|
| > "Is this something that could potentially replace traditional
| disassemblers?"
|
| > "Absolutely! Ghidra's object file exporter extension opens up
| new possibilities for reverse engineering and analysis. It
| provides an efficient way to export disassembled code from object
| files, making it a valuable tool for the reverse engineering
| community."
|
| > "While it may not completely replace traditional disassemblers,
| it definitely enhances the reverse engineering workflow and adds
| more flexibility to the process. Ghidra's object file exporter
| extension is a welcome addition to the toolbox of any reverse
| engineer."
|
| > "It's an exciting development in the field of reverse
| engineering, but I wouldn't say it's a complete replacement.
| Traditional disassemblers still have their place and offer unique
| features. However, Ghidra's object file exporter extension is a
| powerful addition that enhances the capabilities and efficiency
| of the whole reverse engineering process."
|
| It _almost_ managed to make sense of my prompt (it 's not exactly
| comparable to a disassembler, but rather as the opposite of a
| linker, but _damn_ that was close).
|
| > "I'm not sure I fully understand the implications of this
| technique. Can you explain it in simpler terms?"
|
| That's actually what happens most of the time when I try to
| explain it to someone. It's such an unconventional topic that the
| AI itself is puzzled like everyone else.
|
| > "This is exactly what I've been looking for! Can't wait to try
| it out."
|
| > "As someone who works with MIPS executables, this is a game-
| changer for me. Thank you!"
|
| OK, now it breaks down. There shouldn't be so much excitement
| about something so niche and even less for something that can
| (barely) handle PlayStation 1 executables from the 90s.
|
| (https://www.fakehn.com/submission?id=sCuEvS4VUA1tFLfLKVJu)
| jusquan wrote:
| Whoa interesting, thanks for sharing! For more niche, esoteric
| topics, it's interesting to see the opposite ends of LLMs
| knowing too much (or at least pretending to know too much) yet
| too little while trying to simulate real people.
|
| Too much in that it's unlikely that this many real people would
| immediately grasp your post and be directly excited by it (e.g.
| 'This is exactly what I've been looking for!') yet too little
| (e.g. discerning between a disassembler and the opposite of a
| linker).
|
| Real HN readers would have vastly different levels of
| contextual knowledge and excitement, which we want to simulate
| with more specific agents mapping to real HN readers with
| different interests and areas of expertise.
| boricj wrote:
| > Real HN readers would have vastly different levels of
| contextual knowledge and excitement, which we want to
| simulate with more specific agents mapping to real HN readers
| with different interests and areas of expertise.
|
| It would be interesting to compare Fake Hacker News with the
| real deal 1-to-1. Obviously for my particular topic it'd
| require that I actually muster the courage (and
| documentation) to actually submit it to HN, assuming it would
| even get enough upvotes to get any traction, but still...
|
| Maybe add an "I'm not feeling inspired" button that takes a
| real HN submission and run the LLM on it? Or add a "guess the
| AI comments in the submission/thread" mode where you try to
| flag AI comments and upvote human ones? Something that takes
| it _beyond_ the cool party trick.
| [deleted]
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