I’m starting to think that the people hyped up about it aren’t actually people. And the “borders” of the AI social network are broader than we thought.

There were certainly a great number of real people who got hyped up about the reports of it this weekend. The reports that went viral were generally sensationalized, naturally, and good at creating hype. So I don't see how this would even be in dispute, unless you do not participate in or even understand how social media sites work. (I do agree that the borders are broad, and that real human hype was boosted by self-perpetuating artificial hype.)

There has either been a marked uptick here on HN in the last week in generated comments, or they've gotten easier to spot.