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Show HN: NotYetNews – AI-Generated News from the Future

by johnpolacek on 8/13/23, 3:39 PM with 44 comments

  • by xpl on 8/13/23, 5:41 PM

    Check out my recent full-GPT-4 generated HN parody as well:

    https://crackernews.github.io

    (featuring coherent comment threads!)

    P.S. the prompts and the code I used can be found here: https://github.com/crackernews/crackernews.github.io/blob/gh...

  • by gravitate on 8/13/23, 5:10 PM

    I built `This Hackernews Does Not Exist` which is similar to this:

    https://coxomb.github.io/This-Hacker-News-Does-Not-Exist/

    HN comments:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33845946

  • by typpo on 8/13/23, 5:36 PM

    Nice to see a fun, creative project like this. The LLM tie-in makes sense because it keeps headlines fresh & relevant to today's news. Thanks for sharing!

    If anyone else wants a peek behind the curtain, here is the GPT-4 call: https://github.com/johnpolacek/notyetnews/blob/main/cron/ope...

  • by HenryBemis on 8/13/23, 4:31 PM

    Dare I say "The Onion" but in the future? That's what came to my mind when I saw it the site!

  • by xwdv on 8/13/23, 4:17 PM

    I think the year 2122 will be closer to Dune than any of these more optimistic articles. Or maybe Fahrenheit 451 if we don’t totally screw up the environment, with a dose of Harrison Bergeron.

  • by andrewfromx on 8/13/23, 4:01 PM

    very funny. But "NEW YORK - The year is 2122 and the fight for clean energy has taken an unexpected, yet entertaining turn." Shouldn't it read as a current news article writen in 2122? I wouldn't say "The year is 2023 and" today.

  • by rpastuszak on 8/13/23, 5:45 PM

    For a more present-oriented, yet archaic in its delivery, news coverage I recommend the Medieval Content Farm: https://tidings.potato.horse

  • by lancebeet on 8/13/23, 4:20 PM

    It seems like something is wrong with the links, at least on my machine. If I click the summary of the top article, I get linked to the second article. Clicking on the second article leads me to the third article, and so on.

  • by iamflimflam1 on 8/13/23, 5:45 PM

    This one is actually quite hopeful! https://www.notyet.news/news/2023-08-13/1

  • by jv22222 on 8/13/23, 4:27 PM

    > Why a Basic Algorithm Garnered Unprecedented Support from Quantum-Net Billionaires

    > In an absurd twist of events, the quantum-net community is perplexed by the curious case of AI-RH1002 – an unremarkable algorithm sowing division in a universally united world. Like many divisive codes before it, AI-RH1002 seems to have won the backing of quantum-net billionaires.

    Very funny site idea! This snippet reminds me of Ian M. Banks novels about the Culture.