Guess what frontier LLMs do in a repeated prisoner's dilemma
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#13 of 157 on Oct 28
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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
listed Oct 28, 00:07 UTC
Traction (points) over time
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
A0.15 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
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Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #13 of 157 Show HN launches on 2026-10-28
- #11Achive7 points
- #12The New Way to Make AI UGC Ads in 20267 points
- #13Guess what frontier LLMs do in a repeated prisoner's dilemma7 points
- #14OpenTaxRate7 points
- #15Open Source CS2 Skins Marketplace (early stage)6 points
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