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>>kcorbi+(OP)
Interesting analysis. Suprised HN is so negative towards AI (and that the positive:negative ratio to AI is about the same as it was for Crypto a few years ago!)

The obvious difference is that AI has abundant use-cases, while Crypto only has tenuous ones.

Maybe there is added negativity considering it is a technology where there is clearly a potential threat to jobs on a personal level (e.g. lift operators were very negative towards automatic lifts).

>>Closi+g8
(author here) Yes, I was surprised that AI didn't have more positive sentiment overall!

Subjectively, the two flavors of AI-negative sentiment I've seen most commonly on HN are (1) its potential to invade privacy, and (2) its potential to displace workers, including workers in tech.

I think that (1) was by far the most common concern up until around the ChatGPT release, at which point (2) became a major concern for many HN readers.

>>kcorbi+Nc
I would be curious.

What happens if you divide it not by comments, but by commenters? How much is sentiment being shaped by a vocal minority who is always saying the same thing, and how much does it seem to be a broad-based sentiment among the overall audience that occasionally responds?

>>btilly+Mf
absolutely. One fun thing I learnt about reddit is how blocking just a few hyper commenters can suddenly make a post 10x calmer. You should definitely take into account the frequency of the users commenting with data like this.