Ask HN: Is AI use not allowed in projects which is shared here to show? Dear members, I saw someone show HN project got flagged and people were commenting it is probably because it looked AI slop. I'm curious, is AI use not allowed in projects which is shown here ? I think, everyone is using AI in projects these days, isn't it ? |
For example DHH shipped an entire vibe coded Linux distribution. Should we all roll of eyes at that?
Weird times.
What's not is (a) submitting low quality Ai output, stay in the loop (b) using Ai to post or comment on HN, no bots
That isn't possible with many AI generated projects because OP didn't write the code, probably doesn't understand the code and can't discuss the code or their process in creating it (because said process doesn't exist.) There is little if anything of substance to discuss or play with to satisfy intellectual curiosity, and in many cases the projects themselves wouldn't pass muster if written by a human, they're just vibe-coded slop.
There have been exceptions which have done well (ex:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49550375) but in that case AI was used in a specific technical context by someone knowledgeable who definitely wasn't "vibe coding" anything. But again - if a human had done all of that work, it would still have been a worthwhile post.
Show HN can't simply be a place where people post slop and everyone claps at how cool the latest models are. It can't simply be advertising for LLMs.