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LLM Profiling Experiment on Hacker News Comments
LLM Profiling Experiment on Hacker News Comments
 ### Simon Willison@simonw
New surveillance dystopia prompt: try running "Profile this user" against 1,000 comments by someone on Hacker News to see what an LLM can figure out simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/21/pr…
Mar 22, 2026, 12:12 AM View on X
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Simon Willison shares an experiment using an LLM to profile 1,000 comments from a Hacker News user, demonstrating AI-powered user behavior analysis.
Summary
This tweet introduces an interesting experiment where the author runs a 'Profile this user' prompt against 1,000 comments by a Hacker News user to explore what an LLM can infer about someone's personality, interests, and behavior patterns from their comment history. It links to a full blog post with detailed methodology and findings. The experiment touches on privacy concerns and AI's analytical capabilities, presenting a thought-provoking demonstration of LLM-based user profiling.
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