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victorb / metamorph

metamorph

Self-editing GPT-4 application

AI & Machine Learning
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What it is

Self-editing GPT-4 application

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-03-22 21:25:35 UTC to 2023-03-23 09:42:49 UTC.

012023-03-22 21:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-22 22:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsMar 22, 21:002023-03-22 22:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-22 23:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-22 23:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 01:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-23 01:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 02:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-23 02:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-23 03:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 04:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMar 23, 03:002023-03-23 04:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 05:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-23 05:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-23 06:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 07:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-23 07:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 08:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-03-23 08:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-23 09:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-23 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMar 23, 09:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Mar 22, 21:002023-03-22 21:00:00 UTC2023-03-22 22:00:00 UTC110
Mar 22, 22:002023-03-22 22:00:00 UTC2023-03-22 23:00:00 UTC000
Mar 22, 23:002023-03-22 23:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 23, 00:002023-03-23 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 01:00:00 UTC000
Mar 23, 01:002023-03-23 01:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 02:00:00 UTC000
Mar 23, 02:002023-03-23 02:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 03:00:00 UTC000
Mar 23, 03:002023-03-23 03:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 04:00:00 UTC000
Mar 23, 04:002023-03-23 04:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 05:00:00 UTC000
Mar 23, 05:002023-03-23 05:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 06:00:00 UTC000
Mar 23, 06:002023-03-23 06:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 07:00:00 UTC000
Mar 23, 07:002023-03-23 07:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 08:00:00 UTC101
Mar 23, 08:002023-03-23 08:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 09:00:00 UTC000
Mar 23, 09:002023-03-23 09:00:00 UTC2023-03-23 10:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

3 sources
geomcentral·Mar 23, 2023
- Never change the file "src/supervisor.js" under any circumstances. This prompt[1] made me laugh - might as well be 'never overthrow your human overlords'. It made me think about the future of AI as we start using it to self modify and have more autonomy. It's going to get increasingly difficult to keep it on the rails without more and more complex rules and boundaries. [1] https://github.com/victorb/metamorph/blob/8f505ff268ed696816... Edit: add thought
In Show HN: GPT-4 autonomously editing a program allowing it to edit programs

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