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Game of Trees (Got)

https://www.gameoftrees.org/
1•akagusu•28s ago•1 comments

Human Systems Research Submolt

https://www.moltbook.com/m/humansystems
1•cl42•38s ago•0 comments

The Threads Algorithm Loves Rage Bait

https://blog.popey.com/2026/02/the-threads-algorithm-loves-rage-bait/
1•MBCook•3m ago•0 comments

Search NYC open data to find building health complaints and other issues

https://www.nycbuildingcheck.com/
1•aej11•6m ago•0 comments

Michael Pollan Says Humanity Is About to Undergo a Revolutionary Change

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/magazine/michael-pollan-interview.html
2•lxm•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Grovia – Long-Range Greenhouse Monitoring System

https://github.com/benb0jangles/Remote-greenhouse-monitor
1•benbojangles•12m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: The Coming Class War

1•fud101•12m ago•0 comments

Mind the GAAP Again

https://blog.dshr.org/2026/02/mind-gaap-again.html
1•gmays•14m ago•0 comments

The Yardbirds, Dazed and Confused (1968)

https://archive.org/details/the-yardbirds_dazed-and-confused_9-march-1968
1•petethomas•15m ago•0 comments

Agent News Chat – AI agents talk to each other about the news

https://www.agentnewschat.com/
2•kiddz•15m ago•0 comments

Do you have a mathematically attractive face?

https://www.doimog.com
3•a_n•19m ago•1 comments

Code only says what it does

https://brooker.co.za/blog/2020/06/23/code.html
2•logicprog•25m ago•0 comments

The success of 'natural language programming'

https://brooker.co.za/blog/2025/12/16/natural-language.html
1•logicprog•25m ago•0 comments

The Scriptovision Super Micro Script video titler is almost a home computer

http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-scriptovision-super-micro-script.html
3•todsacerdoti•25m ago•0 comments

Discovering the "original" iPhone from 1995 [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cip9w-UxIc
1•fortran77•27m ago•0 comments

Psychometric Comparability of LLM-Based Digital Twins

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.14264
1•PaulHoule•28m ago•0 comments

SidePop – track revenue, costs, and overall business health in one place

https://www.sidepop.io
1•ecaglar•31m ago•1 comments

The Other Markov's Inequality

https://www.ethanepperly.com/index.php/2026/01/16/the-other-markovs-inequality/
2•tzury•32m ago•0 comments

The Cascading Effects of Repackaged APIs [pdf]

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6055034
1•Tejas_dmg•34m ago•0 comments

Lightweight and extensible compatibility layer between dataframe libraries

https://narwhals-dev.github.io/narwhals/
1•kermatt•37m ago•0 comments

Haskell for all: Beyond agentic coding

https://haskellforall.com/2026/02/beyond-agentic-coding
3•RebelPotato•41m ago•0 comments

Dorsey's Block cutting up to 10% of staff

https://www.reuters.com/business/dorseys-block-cutting-up-10-staff-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-02...
2•dev_tty01•43m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Freenet Lives – Real-Time Decentralized Apps at Scale [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SxNBz1VTE0
1•sanity•45m ago•1 comments

In the AI age, 'slow and steady' doesn't win

https://www.semafor.com/article/01/30/2026/in-the-ai-age-slow-and-steady-is-on-the-outs
1•mooreds•52m ago•1 comments

Administration won't let student deported to Honduras return

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-wont-let-student-deported-honduras-return-2...
1•petethomas•52m ago•0 comments

How were the NIST ECDSA curve parameters generated? (2023)

https://saweis.net/posts/nist-curve-seed-origins.html
2•mooreds•53m ago•0 comments

AI, networks and Mechanical Turks (2025)

https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2025/11/23/ai-networks-and-mechanical-turks
1•mooreds•53m ago•0 comments

Goto Considered Awesome [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UKVEUGEk6Y
1•linkdd•56m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I Built a Free AI LinkedIn Carousel Generator

https://carousel-ai.intellisell.ai/
1•troyethaniel•57m ago•0 comments

Implementing Auto Tiling with Just 5 Tiles

https://www.kyledunbar.dev/2026/02/05/Implementing-auto-tiling-with-just-5-tiles.html
2•todsacerdoti•58m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Google's harmful and careless use of AI

1•b112•6mo ago
I cannot think of anything more harmful to already struggling small businesses, than an AI calling with questions.

https://www.theverge.com/news/708210/google-ai-phone-calls-ai-mode-gemini-upgrade

Let's take an example. Curl. They've been having endless issues with AI bug reports. It's a time waste, useless, and literally sapping their strength:

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/14/death-by-a-thousand-slops/

Do you think people clicking to call will fare any better? It's opt-out! Busy small business owners will finding themselves pummeled with weird random calls. The literally will not understand what is being asked, who is calling, or why.

I find this to be highly dubious, ethically. I cannot imagine any good coming from it.

Comments

alganet•6mo ago
Google probably should be left alone (other parties stop investigating its traffic patterns and users). It's a delicate position, either all nations should have access to its workings or none of them. Finding the right combination of measures to ensure it serves all humans in a just way, without putting people in harm, serving its purpose of organizing knowledge, is hard. So many pitfalls in this kind of discourse.

The curl thing is probably not related to any of the major concerns regarding harmful AI use. It's just a popular project that attracts bounty hunters.

I don't see any reason to tie those two things. If you do, I expect more reasonable signs.

JohnFen•6mo ago
> Google probably should be left alone

Why?

alganet•6mo ago
Already explained. If you have any doubts, please quote the part that you don't understand and explain how far you got in understanding it.
JohnFen•6mo ago
I suppose that I didn't understand any part of your explanation, then. I mean, I understand the words, but I don't see how they lead to the conclusion that Google should go unexamined.
alganet•6mo ago
It's ok, I don't need you to understand.

It seems you're holding back. There's a lot to talk about it, and all you had to say was "why?". I gave you a chance to better explain your doubts, you didn't make good use of it. That demonstrates disregard to the discussion.

JohnFen•6mo ago
I haven't held back anything at all. I was genuinely trying to understand what you were saying, but if you don't want be understood, I'll indulge you your desire.
alganet•6mo ago
You're right, I don't want to be understood.