Are You in the Weights?
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Liked for its polished design and hallucination flags; it fits some names well. Critics say it invents confident false facts and publishes what users type.
Liked for its polished design and hallucination flags; it fits some names well. Critics say it invents confident false facts and publishes what users type.
33 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 18
- approval share
- 45%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Polished design and user interface
“Incredible concept and a very well-crafted site.”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “I really like the website itself”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “It looks like something perfect”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” - Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?”
Correct for some names
“I'm in the weights quite correctly, nice, but it also seem to hallucinate football players”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “It got me exactly right and also academics more famous than me that I tried.”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “My handle and real name give more or less correct results”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Invents confident false facts about people
“then made up a bunch of confidently wrong things to say about me”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “it totally made up a French linguist with that name”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “it hallucinated all kind of stuff about me being deeply involved with early Bitcoin development”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” - Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?”
- Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?”
- Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?”
- Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?”
Typed names published publicly
“It is still possible to download all entries via the api and sort them by the timestamp.”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “Every name/text entered into this site is publicly listed on the "latest" leaderboard”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “All the data is still public. There are more than 104000 entries now.”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” - Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?”
Wrong for many names
“But even the entries that aren't marked as likely hallucinations are wrong for me on this site.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “this tool only correctly infers correctly when using that specific combination”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “it totally failed to find me even then”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” Input and timeout bugs
“It drops key presses and randomly moves the cursor on mobile, unless you type slowly.”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?” “Your timeout is too short, I'm sure it would work if it didn't cut itself off.”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Are You in the Weights?”
What people said
30 of the 35 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It thinks a polish friend of mine is a Brazilian footballer.”
“It got me exactly right and also academics more famous than me that I tried.”
“I'm in the weights quite correctly, nice, but it also seem to hallucinate football players”
“all the summaries are full of amusing hallucinations”
“it totally made up a French linguist with that name”
“it totally failed to find me even then”
“My handle and real name give more or less correct results”
“this tool only correctly infers correctly when using that specific combination”
“All the data is still public. There are more than 104000 entries now.”
“it deletes "foo" and searches "bar"”
“then made up a bunch of confidently wrong things to say about me”
“I like the Possible Hallucinations feature.”
“made up a bunch of confidently wrong things to say about me”
“Incredible concept and a very well-crafted site.”
“Your timeout is too short, I'm sure it would work if it didn't cut itself off.”
“The good thing about this test is that I am the only person in the world with my full name”
“it hallucinated all kind of stuff about me being deeply involved with early Bitcoin development”
“It is still possible to download all entries via the api and sort them by the timestamp.”
“It drops key presses and randomly moves the cursor on mobile, unless you type slowly.”
“I am not a security researcher and have never given any such talk”
“there sure are a lot of tracking cookies for such a website”
“No privacy policy whatsoever?”
“I really like the website itself”
“What a privacy nightmare.”
“everything you type into that box will immediately be made public”
“Every name/text entered into this site is publicly listed on the "latest" leaderboard”
“the About is awesome and helpful”
“I love the idea and the UI”
“But even the entries that aren't marked as likely hallucinations are wrong for me on this site.”
“It looks like something perfect”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.