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Alexander Wales
Personal blog · alexanderwales.comwritingaiculture
Alexander Wales's personal blog at alexanderwales.com covers writing, ai and culture. Since 2016, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Addendum to the AI Art Apocalypse: Theft”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Alexander Wales for his essays on writing and AI art and for his rational fiction, such as Worth the Candle and The Metropolitan Man. The comments mostly recommend his novels and podcast.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Available Now This Used to be About Dungeons: Volume 3 This is a tale that used to be about dungeons… But these days it’s more about learning how to properly dress a rabbit for a stew or trying to figure out if your new eight-stringed lute can actually replace a whole orchestra. Yes, you still […]
Most-linked posts?
- Addendum to the AI Art Apocalypse: Theft3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-08-17
- The AI Art Apocalypse2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-08-16
What Hacker News says?
https://alexanderwales.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/image.... Left: “Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer” by Stable Diffusion Right: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer This specific one is not copyright violation as it is old enough for copyright to expire. But the same may happen with other images. from https://alexanderwales.com/the-ai-art-apocalypse/ and https://alexanderwales.com/addendum…
Comment linking /addendum-to-the-ai-art-apocalypse-theft/
on “GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code”Submitted The AI Art Apocalypse as a story · 246 points
HN discussionhttps://alexanderwales.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/image.... Left: “Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer” by Stable Diffusion Right: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer This specific one is not copyright violation as it is old enough for copyright to expire. But the same may happen with other images. from https://alexanderwales.com/the-ai-art-apocalypse/ and https://alexanderwales.com/addendum…
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on “GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code”Submitted Addendum to the AI Art Apocalypse: Theft as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYou may be interested in the addendum: https://alexanderwales.com/addendum-to-the-ai-art-apocalypse... Which attempts to address some of the stuff wasn't addressed in the original article. (Also totally unrelated: as a software dev I would be scared to lose my job but also unbelievably excited for "an automatic programmer")
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on “The AI Art Apocalypse”Submitted The Astronaut's Lament as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThere's a new awesome podcast called Rationally Writing made by Alexander Wales and Daystar Eld( http://alexanderwales.com/rationally-writing/ ). I highly recommend it, I'm sure HN crowd will love it. Also I recommend a fantastic course "Writing about Dragons" by by Brandon Sanderson - https://youtube.com/channel/UCyUHzyUE31r16wUL4vEVRJA
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on “How to Write a Novel”Submitted The Death Star’s second project manager as a story · 1 points
HN discussionHPMOR is my all time favorite book, I've read it multiple times and I am still in awe of it. From the same genre I liked stuff from Alexander Wales, mainly The Metropolitan Man [1], The Dark Wizard of Donkerk [2] and, to a lesser extent, Worth the Candle which was just finished. While not really intended as rational fiction, Threadbare was a nice read too if you enjoy litRPG. [1] https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1036071…
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on “Unsong, a fantasy novel where the universe is programmable with Hebrew (2015)”Submitted The AI Art Apocalypse as a story · 1 points
HN discussionHere's a collection of my top audiobooks/podcasts that I think HN readers will love. This is the best stuff I have discovered over the past 3–4 years, and I’m sure you guys will enjoy each of these books, so if you haven’t read some of them yet — I highly recommend you to check them out. ======= Excellent audiobooks: - Rework https://www.audible.com/pd/Rework-Audiobook/B0036FLXLQ - Creativity, Inc https://www.audibl…
Comment linking /rationally-writing/
on “Startup books and podcasts: making the most of a longer commute”
