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Most animals are way more expressive that the average person is able to easily understand and pet tech would easily be a billion dollar market. EDIT: I would a

Most animals are way more expressive that the average person is able to easily understand and pet tech would easily be a billion dollar market. EDIT: I would also be happy to do this startup if YC adds me to the next batch; already offered to do one for the “Social Network for Children”: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15715865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15715865

wanderingjew 9y ago
Real life is not a Pixar movie.
marcosdumay 9y ago
> more expressive that the average person is able to easily understand The average person can understand way more than you are giving credit. And anyway, if the average person can't understand some communication, than it's something completely out the league of current AIs. It's the one thing we are good at.
- wonderous 9y ago
  There’s a long list of AI that now outperforms humans both at the per task level and at scale. Beyond that, as defined by the spec for the startup, I have no reason to believe AI built for this would not be able to do the same for this task.
- thephyber 9y ago
  > than it's something completely out the league of current AIs I beg to differ[1]. The average human isn't autistic, but there is still significant value in using AI to tell us what we are doing wrong (and wrap the product up so it doesn't make us fell like crap while we are doing it). Behavior modification bots would be incredibly useful for helping people see their own shortcomings (cognitive science research shows us that we frequently see the flaws in others but are systematically blind to our own). [1] http://autismglass.stanford.edu/ http://autismglass.stanford.edu/ [2] https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609142/andrew-ng-has-a-chatbot-that-can-help-with-depression/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609142/andrew-ng-has-a-ch...
simplyluke 9y ago
>Most animals are way more expressive that the average person is able to easily understand Is the market the average person though or the person willing to spend several hundred dollars on tech for their pet? My guess is the latter would mostly consist of people who have spent decades in close contact with pets and are able to reliably read the body language of a dog with rather extreme accuracy and nuance. If you've never owned a dog they're rather difficult to read. If you've been around them as long as you've been around people you can almost immediately discern a lot of information about them based on a glance.
- ggg9990 9y ago
  People in their 30s without kids are willing to spend considerable sums on their pet.

wanderingjew 9y ago

Real life is not a Pixar movie.

marcosdumay 9y ago

> more expressive that the average person is able to easily understand The average person can understand way more than you are giving credit. And anyway, if the average person can't understand some communication, than it's something completely out the league of current AIs. It's the one thing we are good at.

wonderous 9y ago
There’s a long list of AI that now outperforms humans both at the per task level and at scale. Beyond that, as defined by the spec for the startup, I have no reason to believe AI built for this would not be able to do the same for this task.
thephyber 9y ago
> than it's something completely out the league of current AIs I beg to differ[1]. The average human isn't autistic, but there is still significant value in using AI to tell us what we are doing wrong (and wrap the product up so it doesn't make us fell like crap while we are doing it). Behavior modification bots would be incredibly useful for helping people see their own shortcomings (cognitive science research shows us that we frequently see the flaws in others but are systematically blind to our own). [1] http://autismglass.stanford.edu/ http://autismglass.stanford.edu/ [2] https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609142/andrew-ng-has-a-chatbot-that-can-help-with-depression/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609142/andrew-ng-has-a-ch...

simplyluke 9y ago

>Most animals are way more expressive that the average person is able to easily understand Is the market the average person though or the person willing to spend several hundred dollars on tech for their pet? My guess is the latter would mostly consist of people who have spent decades in close contact with pets and are able to reliably read the body language of a dog with rather extreme accuracy and nuance. If you've never owned a dog they're rather difficult to read. If you've been around them as long as you've been around people you can almost immediately discern a lot of information about them based on a glance.

ggg9990 9y ago
People in their 30s without kids are willing to spend considerable sums on their pet.