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Re:The Influentists: AI hype without proof by AstroBen on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @07:39PM (#46626267)
> There’s clearly a lot of astroturfing going on.

Yeah I think so too. I even see it here on HN

I'm just tuning it all out. The big test is just installing the damn thing and seeing what it can do. There's 0 barrier to trying it

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Re:The Influentists: AI hype without proof by isx726552 on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @08:53PM (#46626930)
Lo and behold, here’s a concrete example I stumbled across just a few seconds after opening Reddit again (really gotta stop doing that):

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/s/Y52yB6Fg3A

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Re:The Influentists: AI hype without proof by optimummenace on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:08AM (#46629567)
Completely in the same boat as you, the constant bombardment on Reddit is getting really detrimental to my wellbeing at this point lol
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