Seems likely to be at least partially selection bias.
When large emphasis is on the technology (whether it's made with AI or written in Rust or whatever), it seems at least in some cases like there is less substance to the idea itself, as a good product is a good product regardless of how it's built.
A post like "Show HN: I'm using AI to sort a list of integers" is inherently boring since if you remove the AI part it's something we've been doing for half a century.
A post like "Show HN: I'm using AI to translate Linear A" is interesting and would be interesting even if AI wasn't involved.
When large emphasis is on the technology (whether it's made with AI or written in Rust or whatever), it seems at least in some cases like there is less substance to the idea itself, as a good product is a good product regardless of how it's built.
A post like "Show HN: I'm using AI to sort a list of integers" is inherently boring since if you remove the AI part it's something we've been doing for half a century.
A post like "Show HN: I'm using AI to translate Linear A" is interesting and would be interesting even if AI wasn't involved.