Of the top 30 HN stories of the last month (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=fa...)
only 6 were AI, the highest being "OpenAI to become for-profit" coming at number 10. Top story was "Bop Spotter" followed by Starship and click to cancel.
I don't think top stories is a good metric to measure "user feel". It s a harder snapshot, but taking data from the front page at a certain time of day everyday would be more of a reflection.
I only see 4 on my front page, but I dont think 8AM UTC-7 is the right timeslot to record "today's news".