I use AI (Oct 2026)
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Ben Stolovitz, a research engineer at Salesforce AI Research, describes how his AI use shifted in a year: he now runs five or six coding agents at once instead of writing much code himself, and he has drafted a personal AI policy.
Why it ranked
No. 131 of 137 with a score of 0.55. The panel rated it highest on audience breadth (0.73) and new information (0.72), lowest on substantiated (0.36). The judges disagreed most on new information (spread 0.44), so the story is marked contested. Placed No. 131, No. 134 by score alone: the 64th AI & machine learning story of the day (−0.080). The placement terms move stories; they are not part of the score.
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- A personal first-person essay on one engineer's year of AI use; opinionated, anecdotal, lightly substantiated, with some practical observations about agentic coding for builders.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- A timely, firsthand synthesis of agentic coding and everyday AI use, with concrete workflows and nuanced limits. Its broad claims are largely experiential rather than rigorously evidenced, and some superlatives outrun the supporting detail.
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Score
0.55total under rubric v2.3Contestedjudges differ by 0.42 on significance, 0.44 on new information
- Significance0.45
- Reader interest0.66
- Audience breadth0.73
- Practical relevance0.66
- Substantiated0.36
- Technical depth0.46
- New information0.72
- Counts against: Promotional0.05
- Counts against: Overclaim0.29
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SignificanceHow much does this change what people in tech know or can do? | 0.42 | 0.25 | 0.67 | 0.45 | 0.42 , above the contested threshold | +0.24 | +0.107 |
| Reader interestWould a well-informed senior engineer or tech founder want to read this today, and likely pass it on? | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.90 | 0.66 | 0.36 | +0.26 | +0.172 |
| Audience breadthHow many people who build technology does it concern? | 0.86 | 0.50 | 0.82 | 0.73 | 0.36 | +0.13 | +0.094 |
| Practical relevanceHow useful is it to someone who builds software or tech products? | 0.69 | 0.50 | 0.78 | 0.66 | 0.28 | +0.22 | +0.144 |
| SubstantiatedHow well is it backed? Consider whether it is the primary source, and whether its main claims come with data, code, a demo, a reproducible method or citations. | 0.37 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 0.36 | 0.21 | +0.05 | +0.018 |
| Technical depthHow technically substantive is it? | 0.60 | 0.30 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.30 | +0.05 | +0.023 |
| New informationDoes it contain information absent from the stories covered in the last 7 days (list provided)? | 0.89 | 0.45 | 0.83 | 0.72 | 0.44 , above the contested threshold | +0.05 | +0.036 |
| PromotionalIs it mainly marketing with little substance (a press release, ad or sponsored post with no real information)? A launch post that carries real news is not promotional. | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.05 | −0.19 | −0.010 |
| OverclaimDo the headline or conclusions claim more than the body supports? | 0.36 | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.16 | −0.11 | −0.032 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.553 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.553 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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Elsewhere: HN 119 pts, front page
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