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AI-Powered Presentations

57 points by kposehn 8y ago

dvirsky 8y ago
Looks like the AI bit is matching a template to your query maybe, i.e. a simple classifier.
lettergram 8y ago
This does not appear to be AI driven at all (at least from the demo video). Guess, it's just building off the hype.
- suyash 8y ago
  I don't see any AI except in the domain name!
- catchmeifyoucan 8y ago
  +1 on this. Looks nice, but no ai. Nice domain name though
- yoyogesh01 8y ago
  Just creating hype and trying to market product
- m3kw9 8y ago
  I speed thru the video and didn’t see how it needed AI to do any of that
- bredren 8y ago
  But does it have blockchain?
keyle 8y ago
"AI" like a phony product evangelist sees it. State machine at best.
andymoe 8y ago
I’ve worked with the founder at a previous place and I’d give him the benefit of the doubt on the AI thing. I’m positive they will eventually try to do some tricky stuff with machine learning if they aren’t already.
wiradikusuma 8y ago
It looks VERY polished! Warning: it can export to PowerPoint, BUT each slide is an image -_- as if you screenshot each slide and paste it in PPT.
m3kw9 8y ago
Good to get clueless investor money or users that think AI really does make it better
cryptozeus 8y ago
Looks nice tho...you could have just made a nice product with AI gimic
SmooL 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect I see a lot of comments mentioning how this doesn't need AI. I'd like to remind everyone that the ability to suggest layouts, modify layouts, and the other features probably aren't built with a bunch of 'if' statements...
- cycrutchfield 8y ago
  You sure about that?
42043v3r 8y ago
More like a CAD/CAE to me.
kqr 8y ago
I'm skeptical. Not because of the AI bit itself, but rather because I find the examples kind of... terrible? This is just automating the addition of graphical noise to dilute the point of the presentation. This throws in a bunch of graphical structures that mean something, but in a context where that meaning is not intended. It does this to the point of making the slides literally illegible. Graphical noise never had anything to do in presentation slides to begin with. Slides are supposed to be supportive material, it shouldn't muddy the point. (And it's a shame "presentation" has become synonymous with "presentation slides" as though they were the same thing. Talk about effective marketing by the PowerPoint team.) Yes, some people spend senseless amount of time adjusting the graphical noise in their slides, but the solution is to stop adding visual noise. The solution is not to automate the process of doing so, offshoring it to an AI.
- dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago
  Not only that, but they didn't actually do a good job convincing people of their added value. Maybe if they contrasted two presentation, one without the "AI" and another with it, and if it clearly showed the superiority of the latter, maybe it would convince somehow. Also, calling something "beautiful" doesn't make it so.
tpae 8y ago
Fake. I wouldn't use this even if it was powered by AI.
ReDeiPirati 8y ago
Where is the AI-powered component? If there is any, you should consider to explain it well, otherwise IMHO it's better to not mention it at all. The AI buzzword is fine for fundraising at the moment, but you will have also to create a relantioship of trust with your future users. The Design AI link(https://www.beautiful.ai/#how-is-this-different https://www.beautiful.ai/#how-is-this-different) is broken. I wish you all the best.
mosselman 8y ago
Is AI the new 'Web 2.0' or 'Smart'? Years ago this would have been 'Web 2.0 Presentations' a little later 'Smart-presentations', etc. The product looks fine, but I would never use it, mostly due to the ridiculous 'AI' claim.
bb88 8y ago
This is how they're using AI: https://blog.beautiful.ai/series-b-announcement https://blog.beautiful.ai/series-b-announcement Slides that design themselves – Developers of the world’s first technology of its kind, Beautiful.AI knows the rules of great design and applies heuristic techniques to build beautiful slides that respond to content in real-time, automatically adjusting the layout as needed to ensure visually stunning and consistent results. Animations - Animations make storytelling more effective, but they’re difficult to build, so most people don’t bother trying. With Beautiful.AI, animations are automatically applied to the work in a meaningful and impactful way. Less Is More - Great design requires restraint, and with presentations, less is definitely more. By constraining the amount of content on each slide, Beautiful.AI leaves room for stunning imagery that boosts message impact and keeps the audience engaged. Images Matter – Beautiful.AI offers a rich assortment of royalty-free images, icons and logos readily available and searchable for users. This keeps slides visually consistent and helps users stay focused on content creation without having to open new tabs; search the web; or resize, cut or paste images.
tedsanders 8y ago
Very impressive demo! As a management consultant who has spent plenty of time in macro-enhanced PowerPoint, I think this looks excellent. Too much high-wage time is wasted (either directly or instructing PowerPoint shops) on silly little things like aligning and coloring. My immediate concern with the product is that the automation will add friction to customizing non-template slides. Also concerned that something as simple as a table is Coming Soon. Will watch future development with interest!

57 points by kposehn 8y ago

dvirsky 8y ago

Looks like the AI bit is matching a template to your query maybe, i.e. a simple classifier.

lettergram 8y ago

This does not appear to be AI driven at all (at least from the demo video). Guess, it's just building off the hype.

suyash 8y ago
I don't see any AI except in the domain name!
catchmeifyoucan 8y ago
+1 on this. Looks nice, but no ai. Nice domain name though
yoyogesh01 8y ago
Just creating hype and trying to market product
m3kw9 8y ago
I speed thru the video and didn’t see how it needed AI to do any of that
bredren 8y ago
But does it have blockchain?

keyle 8y ago

"AI" like a phony product evangelist sees it. State machine at best.

andymoe 8y ago

I’ve worked with the founder at a previous place and I’d give him the benefit of the doubt on the AI thing. I’m positive they will eventually try to do some tricky stuff with machine learning if they aren’t already.

wiradikusuma 8y ago

It looks VERY polished! Warning: it can export to PowerPoint, BUT each slide is an image -_- as if you screenshot each slide and paste it in PPT.

m3kw9 8y ago

Good to get clueless investor money or users that think AI really does make it better

cryptozeus 8y ago

Looks nice tho...you could have just made a nice product with AI gimic

SmooL 8y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect I see a lot of comments mentioning how this doesn't need AI. I'd like to remind everyone that the ability to suggest layouts, modify layouts, and the other features probably aren't built with a bunch of 'if' statements...

cycrutchfield 8y ago
You sure about that?

42043v3r 8y ago

More like a CAD/CAE to me.

kqr 8y ago

I'm skeptical. Not because of the AI bit itself, but rather because I find the examples kind of... terrible? This is just automating the addition of graphical noise to dilute the point of the presentation. This throws in a bunch of graphical structures that mean something, but in a context where that meaning is not intended. It does this to the point of making the slides literally illegible. Graphical noise never had anything to do in presentation slides to begin with. Slides are supposed to be supportive material, it shouldn't muddy the point. (And it's a shame "presentation" has become synonymous with "presentation slides" as though they were the same thing. Talk about effective marketing by the PowerPoint team.) Yes, some people spend senseless amount of time adjusting the graphical noise in their slides, but the solution is to stop adding visual noise. The solution is not to automate the process of doing so, offshoring it to an AI.

dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago
Not only that, but they didn't actually do a good job convincing people of their added value. Maybe if they contrasted two presentation, one without the "AI" and another with it, and if it clearly showed the superiority of the latter, maybe it would convince somehow. Also, calling something "beautiful" doesn't make it so.

tpae 8y ago

Fake. I wouldn't use this even if it was powered by AI.

ReDeiPirati 8y ago

Where is the AI-powered component? If there is any, you should consider to explain it well, otherwise IMHO it's better to not mention it at all. The AI buzzword is fine for fundraising at the moment, but you will have also to create a relantioship of trust with your future users. The Design AI link(https://www.beautiful.ai/#how-is-this-different https://www.beautiful.ai/#how-is-this-different) is broken. I wish you all the best.

mosselman 8y ago

Is AI the new 'Web 2.0' or 'Smart'? Years ago this would have been 'Web 2.0 Presentations' a little later 'Smart-presentations', etc. The product looks fine, but I would never use it, mostly due to the ridiculous 'AI' claim.

bb88 8y ago

This is how they're using AI: https://blog.beautiful.ai/series-b-announcement https://blog.beautiful.ai/series-b-announcement Slides that design themselves – Developers of the world’s first technology of its kind, Beautiful.AI knows the rules of great design and applies heuristic techniques to build beautiful slides that respond to content in real-time, automatically adjusting the layout as needed to ensure visually stunning and consistent results. Animations - Animations make storytelling more effective, but they’re difficult to build, so most people don’t bother trying. With Beautiful.AI, animations are automatically applied to the work in a meaningful and impactful way. Less Is More - Great design requires restraint, and with presentations, less is definitely more. By constraining the amount of content on each slide, Beautiful.AI leaves room for stunning imagery that boosts message impact and keeps the audience engaged. Images Matter – Beautiful.AI offers a rich assortment of royalty-free images, icons and logos readily available and searchable for users. This keeps slides visually consistent and helps users stay focused on content creation without having to open new tabs; search the web; or resize, cut or paste images.

tedsanders 8y ago

Very impressive demo! As a management consultant who has spent plenty of time in macro-enhanced PowerPoint, I think this looks excellent. Too much high-wage time is wasted (either directly or instructing PowerPoint shops) on silly little things like aligning and coloring. My immediate concern with the product is that the automation will add friction to customizing non-template slides. Also concerned that something as simple as a table is Coming Soon. Will watch future development with interest!