The AI Marketing BS Index: Tongue-in-Cheek Scoring System for AI Hype

Bastian Rieck / Hacker News·medium signal

Bastian Rieck (researcher at Helmholtz Munich) published a 'Crackpot Index' for AI marketing materials, providing a systematic scoring rubric for evaluating the BS density of AI product claims. The post resonated with HN practitioners at 103 points and 22 comments, reflecting growing community fatigue with AI hype cycles and marketing-speak that misuses technical terminology.