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Show HN: AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029)

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elvio
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Nov 9, 2026
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Trending history

Show HN: AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029) was first seen on Hacker News · Show HN on Nov 9, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 48 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #8 of 30, reached on Nov 9, 13:51 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 10, 10:51 UTC.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Show HN at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 11:2017:1323:0504:5810:51 Nov 9, 11:20 UTC · #24Nov 9, 11:50 UTC · #24Nov 9, 12:20 UTC · #9Nov 9, 12:50 UTC · #9Nov 9, 13:20 UTC · #9Nov 9, 13:51 UTC · #8Nov 9, 14:21 UTC · #8Nov 9, 14:51 UTC · #9Nov 9, 15:21 UTC · #9Nov 9, 15:51 UTC · #8Nov 9, 16:21 UTC · #8Nov 9, 16:51 UTC · #9Nov 9, 17:21 UTC · #9Nov 9, 17:51 UTC · #11Nov 9, 18:21 UTC · #9Nov 9, 18:51 UTC · #11Nov 9, 19:21 UTC · #12Nov 9, 19:51 UTC · #14Nov 9, 20:21 UTC · #15Nov 9, 20:51 UTC · #15Nov 9, 21:21 UTC · #16Nov 9, 21:51 UTC · #15Nov 9, 22:21 UTC · #15Nov 9, 22:51 UTC · #15Nov 9, 23:21 UTC · #15Nov 9, 23:51 UTC · #15Nov 10, 00:21 UTC · #15Nov 10, 00:51 UTC · #16Nov 10, 01:21 UTC · #17Nov 10, 01:51 UTC · #17Nov 10, 02:21 UTC · #16Nov 10, 02:51 UTC · #16Nov 10, 03:21 UTC · #16Nov 10, 03:51 UTC · #16Nov 10, 04:21 UTC · #16Nov 10, 04:51 UTC · #16Nov 10, 05:21 UTC · #16Nov 10, 05:51 UTC · #16Nov 10, 06:21 UTC · #17Nov 10, 06:51 UTC · #18Nov 10, 07:21 UTC · #18Nov 10, 07:51 UTC · #19Nov 10, 08:21 UTC · #19Nov 10, 08:51 UTC · #19Nov 10, 09:21 UTC · #19Nov 10, 09:51 UTC · #18Nov 10, 10:21 UTC · #20Nov 10, 10:51 UTC · #21

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

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Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0235 11:2017:1323:0504:5810:51 Nov 9, 11:20 UTC · 3Nov 9, 11:50 UTC · 3Nov 9, 12:20 UTC · 5Nov 9, 12:50 UTC · 5Nov 9, 13:20 UTC · 5Nov 9, 13:51 UTC · 5Nov 9, 14:21 UTC · 5Nov 9, 14:51 UTC · 5Nov 9, 15:21 UTC · 5Nov 9, 15:51 UTC · 5Nov 9, 16:21 UTC · 5Nov 9, 16:51 UTC · 5Nov 9, 17:21 UTC · 5Nov 9, 17:51 UTC · 5Nov 9, 18:21 UTC · 5Nov 9, 18:51 UTC · 5Nov 9, 19:21 UTC · 5Nov 9, 19:51 UTC · 5Nov 9, 20:21 UTC · 5Nov 9, 20:51 UTC · 5Nov 9, 21:21 UTC · 5Nov 9, 21:51 UTC · 5Nov 9, 22:21 UTC · 5Nov 9, 22:51 UTC · 5Nov 9, 23:21 UTC · 5Nov 9, 23:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 00:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 00:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 01:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 01:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 02:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 02:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 03:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 03:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 04:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 04:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 05:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 05:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 06:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 06:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 07:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 07:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 08:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 08:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 09:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 09:51 UTC · 5Nov 10, 10:21 UTC · 5Nov 10, 10:51 UTC · 5

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

These systems are too large and too chaotic to predict well, at least with human minds and with AI at its current level of sophistication. The latter also suffer from various biases -- the most obvious being the bias against surprising developments -- which hinder them. Asimov's psychohistory needs something much…

Questions

Is Show HN: AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029) trending on Show HN right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 10, 10:51 UTC, after 2 days of trending.

What is the highest rank Show HN: AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029) reached?

#8 on Hacker News · Show HN, on Nov 9, 13:51 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.

How long has Show HN: AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029) been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 9, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (48 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

5 points and 1 comment; submitted by elvio on Nov 9, 2026.