in the Weights
AI
llm recognition probe
SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
23 positive, 65 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 72 critical, out of 168 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.
Performance: 7 for, 27 againstExecution: 1 for, 24 againstPrivacy: 2 for, 18 againstIdea: 5 for, 1 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun and fascinating idea
From 3 comments
Fascinating! I’d like to learn more about how to interpret the results to be honest, the About is awesome and helpful. I scored 1,100 total on my music moniker. It has been used…
6stringmerc on HNI like the Possible Hallucinations feature. Seems like a feature that could stand on its own. Interested in how you separate those out.
jorisw on HNI really like the website itself
hereme888 on HN
Objections
Results are often wrong or hallucinated
From 3 comments
Yeah, that went about as well as I would have expected. It dug up a bunch of what can only be my information, then made up a bunch of confidently wrong things to say about me.…
jasonkester on HNThere is a 'hallucinations' section on the page, which suggests that the items above that section are not hallucinated. I highly doubt that. I am, as far a I know the only person…
rolfvandekrol on HNI have an unusual name, and have published a book with some minor fame (which is the first google result for my name). Querying ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, etc. gives a reasonably…
bananamogul on HN
Privacy concerns about entering names
From 3 comments
Only a fool would enter their name in this.
pgt on HNNo privacy policy whatsoever?
radku on HNPRIVACY WARNING: Every name/text entered into this site is publicly listed on the "latest" leaderboard which seems to paginate endlessly.
jubilanti on HN
Expensive to operate
From 1 comment
This must be a remarkably expensive demo/toy to operate.
Jaxkr on HN
Requests
Explain what the strength score means
From 1 comment
What exactly is the "N strength · Top N%" referring to? My name is most likely 100% unique in the world, seems I'm in about 50% of the weights, but I'm really not sure I…
embedding-shape on HN
Share the clustering prompt
From 1 comment
Sure thing! It is the same prompt for every model in the rollouts, here it is ``` No tools are available. Do not imply that you searched, looked up, browsed, or verified anything…
turtlesoup on HN
Questions
How is the correlation computed?
From 1 comment
Interesting. Claude Opus 4.8 and Gemini 3.1 Lite kind of got it right, but when I ask the model directly, they say they don't know. I'm curious how the tool is doing the…
tiagobraw on HN
What is the purpose of the project?
From 1 comment
It looks like something perfect, what is its purpose?
pixelneon on HN
Alternatives named
Asking ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini directly
From 2 comments
Interesting. Claude Opus 4.8 and Gemini 3.1 Lite kind of got it right, but when I ask the model directly, they say they don't know. I'm curious how the tool is doing the…
tiagobraw on HNI have an unusual name, and have published a book with some minor fame (which is the first google result for my name). Querying ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, etc. gives a reasonably…
bananamogul on HN