alt Hacker NewsSince the commit history is public, there's a much easier way to tell that AI had a hand in writing that list.
https://github.com/a16z-infra/reading-list/commit/93bc3abb04...
> opus descriptions in cursor, raw
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andy99 • today at 2:22 PM
Stephenson doesn't just write sci-fi, he writes operating manuals for the future. His books predicted cryptocurrency, the metaverse, and distributed computing before most of us knew what TCP/IP stood for. Warning: his endings are notoriously abrupt, like a segfault in the middle of your favorite function.
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simonw • today at 5:10 PM
https://github.com/a16z-infra/reading-list/commit/717b3d64d6...
> [THIS IS AI GENERATED, NEED TO EDIT] The manga that asked [...]
They do at least have "NEED TO EDIT" in there, but this prose was openly generated by AI as a starting point.
That version is more sensible. Opus generated:
> Warning: his endings are notoriously abrupt, like a segfault in the middle of your favorite function.
In commit e4d022[0], the wording changed to:
> Fair warning: most of these books famously don't have endings (they literally stop mid-sentence during a normal plot arc).
It's unclear what led to that change, as the commit message is just "stephenson".
It went through a few more minor edits to get to what's currently published.
https://github.com/a16z-infra/reading-list/commit/e4d022d592...