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Guess what frontier LLMs do in a repeated prisoner's dilemma

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Beat 91% of Show HN launches that day

#13 of 157 on Oct 28

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70 (0.0%)

points · traction gained Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 4, 00:07 UTC).

comments · buzz 0 in latest interval

5d

listed Oct 28, 00:07 UTC

Traction (points) over time

0510Oct 28Oct 29Oct 30Oct 31ListedOct 28, 16:45 UTC · 6 points · 3 comments · 17h after listingOct 29, 16:38 UTC · 7 points · 3 comments · 41h after listingOct 30, 16:20 UTC · 7 points · 3 comments · 64h after listingOct 31, 15:35 UTC · 7 points · 3 comments · 87h after listing
4 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
7points
Comments
3
Rank in AITL this week
#2of 41 HN
Rank overall this week
#74of 998 HN
Sector hit rate
2.3%1/44 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
6Oct 28, 16:45 UTC
Last reading
7Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
Readings
4over 87h

Grades · each graded against other AI Tools & LLM Apps launches from the same source

Momentum

C

+0 points

Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Better than 49% · vs 36 still-tracked AI Tools & LLM Apps · Show HN launches

Velocity

A

0.15 points/h

Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)

Better than 90% · vs 183 AI Tools & LLM Apps · Show HN launches, last 30 days

Engagement

—

—

Comments per 10 points

Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise

Staying Power

—

—

Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading

Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs

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