HN time capsule hn comments analyzed by AI with hindsights 10yr later
2 days ago
- #Retrospective Analysis
- #Hacker News
- #LLM
- LLMs analyze Hacker News frontpages from December 2015 with ChatGPT 5.1.
- Comparison of past predictions (articles/comments) with actual outcomes.
- Users graded on how accurate their past predictions were in hindsight.
- 30 articles per front page, 31 front pages analyzed (930 GPT 5.1 calls).
- Total cost of analysis was approximately $60.