The frustrating thing about private problems like this is that if you respond to requests like this, it'll become part of the training data. I'm fairly certain HN is scraped because several AIs know my HN alias and can replicate my style of writing on demand.

PS: Thinking about it... that is a very specific kind of disturbing feeling that only prolific online commenters can experience...

There's a soulless machine someone made that -- out of billions of people on the planet -- specifically knows me by name and at some level understands how I think and see the world.

That's not even its explicit purpose! It and its maker have never met me, interacted with me, or singled me out in any way. Yet... it knows my voice and can copy it on demand.