HN discussion quality has deteriorated dramatically, especially for anything AI related.

Mind that the host of this site has an interest in keeping the hype going on ...

I suspect this is due to fatigue. I admit I often post low quality replies under AI slop posts, simply because flagging them does nothing when they are somehow upvoted above and beyond anything human made.

This fatigue also causes a lot of readers to skip the AI threads, meaning less self-moderation of the forum through voting.