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Seems like these days the advice is simple, YC only cares about AIs not human beings, so be sure to tell how your startup will help make the AI bubble bigger be
by conartist6 2y ago
Seems like these days the advice is simple, YC only cares about AIs not human beings, so be sure to tell how your startup will help make the AI bubble bigger before it pops
- conartist6 2y agoSorry if I'm combative, but most of these companies don't even bother trying to close the loop on justification that these products would make the world a better place for humans. It's obvious to me that AI technology is good for anyone getting rich off it, but like, our industry is the joke of the country right now. It's like the whole industry has shut its doors: everything it once built or believed or championed has been replaced with the idea that humans aren't good enough. Show me that YC still believes at least ONE other thing!
- shortrounddev2 2y agoFor real, I'm a little ashamed to be working in this industry
- jasfi 2y agoMost people building AI products believe they will make the world a much better place. Even if not their products specifically, then AI in general. In the background there's an ongoing debate of whether AI will lead to a utopia or a dystopia. There's not much of a middle-ground.
- oulipo 2y agoExactly. Unchecked AI is going to ruin our democracies, like they did with Trump election
- bilekas 2y agoI don't know if it's YC specifically who 'care' as you say. If you see the launches : https://www.ycombinator.com/launches https://www.ycombinator.com/launches There are an ungodly number of AI based submissions, if the pool consists of for example 80% AI based, it stands to reason YC will probably be choosing between a lot of AI tech. Almost like survivor bias. If the new trend of submissions is AI, I don't see why YC should say : "No we want to improve humanity" . Doesn't seem like that's their interest really.
- conartist6 2y agoThey're openly courting it. Read through https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs
- bilekas 2y agoI stand corrected. Well then I guess the onslaught of AI slop is here to stay for a while at least. Great.
- user_7832 2y agoI think it’s interesting and funny (in a funny-weird, not funny-haha) way that despite YC and Paul Graham being so respected here, they (at least YC, don’t know how much say PH still has) are promoting this AI slop thing. PG et al probably care more for returns than quality - not saying that’s intrinsically good or bad - but that’s not at all the ideal many hold him as.
- bilekas 2y agoThats a tough one honestly, if you're an incubator, you almost want to always be at the ground level for those that will take off,YC has a history of that. Looking back I'm not sure anyone was a "visionary" to see the potential but maybe it was a case of threw enough ** at the wall and some stuck. Either way I don't think it's a bad thing, small startups should have the ability to flourish and fail. I am just surprised it's all AI at the moment when we still have problems left unsolved.
- BadCookie 2y agoWow. Every request is AI related! I thought maybe the systems programming one wasn’t… but alas, I was mistaken.