Ask HN: How does everyone talk about their work when they've used AI?

3•deku2099•2h ago

Hi! I was working on a couple of personal projects, and I've been using Claude Code for a while. Recently, I've been wanting to talk about my work publicly, but I started to think about how I would exactly talk about it, given the fact that I used AI to build some of the projects. There were entire features that I had Claude Code write for me, and although I did write a spec and design it, it still kinda feels a little wrong, like pseudo-plagiarism.

Wanted to know how everyone is talking about their work while using AI. Do y'all mention the fact that you're using AI, or do you keep mum about it?

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kevinsync•2h ago

Just be up front about it; these tools are a simple reality at this point. Own the usage, own the output, take responsibility for the totality of what you’ve birthed into the world. If it’s some one-shotted trinket, don’t pretend it isn’t. If it’s some 5000-commit battle-tested magnum opus that you happened to spend a year driving an LLM to create, own that too. IMO it doesn’t matter if you dug the hole for your Olympic-sized swimming pool by hand with a shovel or using heavy machinery, I’m more interested in the quality of the final product.

crionuke•1h ago

i dont mention AI b/c people already know i used it without saying. if anything its the opposite - i have to highlight that smth is hand made when i want to look crazy

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