The motivation is obviously clear. No-one would be doing that for fun 24/7, only covering about AI and nothing else without getting paid for it.
If anyone else did that on HN, they would be accused of slop with their domain blacklisted.
There are many people with unbridled enthusiasm and an ability to write fast
Knowing Simon - he’s very much both :)
"only covering AI" - don't miss my wildlife photography! https://simonwillison.net/elsewhere/sighting/
(Unless photos of actual pelicans count as "AI" content now.)
I just shipped this filter UI so you can see my other non-AI-tagged content in one place: https://simonwillison.net/search/?exclude.tag=ai