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They deleted a lot (all?) of the negative comments on that video too, hah. At one point this was their advice: > We see this so commonly at YC that we have a t

They deleted a lot (all?) of the negative comments on that video too, hah. At one point this was their advice: > We see this so commonly at YC that we have a term for it. It's called a "Solution In Search of a Problem," or a SISP. And these are usually not great, because usually, you never actually find the problem. You're much better off starting with a problem, and then looking for solutions. https://www.ycombinator.com/library/8g-how-to-get-startup-ideas https://www.ycombinator.com/library/8g-how-to-get-startup-id... Very few people have a problem that AI can currently solve. It might not _stay_ that way... but man I wonder what kind of moat a startup could build when they're just wrappers around foundation models.

gfourfour 2y ago
I think wrapper companies could do very well if AI does end up becoming having an impact near on the order of the internet or smartphones, which it may never. A product that incorporates a foundation model could still require solving a hard engineering problem separately from the training and provision of said model. Someone who could, say, provide a reliable filter for copyrighted content from an LLM is providing real value and has a tangible moat.