Half the posts here are AI grifting.

whyenot · 2026-06-02T14:20:47 1780410047

That’s a pretty extraordinary claim. Do you have anything quantitative to back it up? HN has bots, I think that is a fair assumption, but half? How do you know that for sure?

GroksBarnacles · 2026-06-02T14:53:44 1780412024

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dcuthbertson · 2026-06-02T15:17:15 1780413435

TIL that statements of obvious exaggeration are called causal, hyperbolic statements. Who knew?

All kidding aside, I've never heard them called causal hyperbolic before. It's a good term.