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Speculating, don’t they offer dev services that’s supposed to be done by AI? If the dev services were offered by devs, then that would be the scam. Now that I’v

by ivape 1y ago

Speculating, don’t they offer dev services that’s supposed to be done by AI? If the dev services were offered by devs, then that would be the scam. Now that I’ve said the second part, it does seem lurid because who the hell is paying for AI first code deliverables. —- Message to HN: Instead of founding yet another startup, please build the next Tech Vice News and fucking goto the far corners of the tech world like Shane Smith did with North Korea with a camera. I promise to be a founding subscriber at whatever price you got. Things you’ll need: 1) Credentialed Ivy League grad. Make sure they are sporadic like that WeWork asshole. 2) Ex VC who exudes wealth with every footstep he/she takes 3) The camera 4) And as HBO Silicon Valley suggests, the exact same combination of white guy, Indian guy, Chinese guy to flesh out the rest of the team. See, I need to know what’s it like working for a scrum master in Tencent for example during crunch time. Also, whatever the fuck goes on inside a DeFi company in executive meetings. And of course, find the next Builder.ai, or at least the Microsoft funding round discussions. We’ve yet to even get a camera inside those Arab money meetings where Sam Altman begs for a trillion dollars. We shouldn’t live without such journalism.

pyman 1y ago
The short answer is no, their website doesn't claim that development is done using AI. My gut feeling is that a lot of people, including developers, are posting hate messages and spreading fake news because of their fear of AI, which they see as a threat to their jobs. If you look at their website, builder.ai, they tell customers that their virtual assistant, "Natasha", assigns a developer (I assume from India): > Natasha recommends the best suited developer for your app project, who then customises your code on our virtual desktop. We also use facial recognition to check that the developer working on your code is the same one Natasha picked. Source: https://www.builder.ai/how-it-works https://www.builder.ai/how-it-works They also have another page explaining how they use deep learning and transformers for speech-to-text processing. They list a bunch of libraries like MetaPath2Vec, Node2Vec, GraphSage, and Flair: Source: https://www.builder.ai/under-the-hood https://www.builder.ai/under-the-hood It sounds impressive, but listing libraries doesn't prove they built an actual LLM. So, the questions that remain unanswered are: 1. Did Craig Saunders, the Head of AI at Builder.ai (and ex-Director of AI at Amazon), ever show investors or clients a working demo of Natasha, or a product roadmap? How do we know Natasha was actually an LLM and not just someone sitting in a call centre in India? 2. Was there a technical team behind Saunders capable of building such a model? 3. Was the goal really to build a domain-specific foundation model, or was that just a narrative to attract investment? Having said that, the company went into insolvency because the CEO and CFO were misleading investors by significantly inflating sales figures through questionable financial practices. According to the Financial Times, BuilderAI reportedly engaged in "round-tripping" with VerSe Innovation. This raised red flags for investors, regulators and prosecutors, and led to bankruptcy proceedings

by ivape 1y ago

pyman 1y ago

The short answer is no, their website doesn't claim that development is done using AI. My gut feeling is that a lot of people, including developers, are posting hate messages and spreading fake news because of their fear of AI, which they see as a threat to their jobs. If you look at their website, builder.ai, they tell customers that their virtual assistant, "Natasha", assigns a developer (I assume from India): > Natasha recommends the best suited developer for your app project, who then customises your code on our virtual desktop. We also use facial recognition to check that the developer working on your code is the same one Natasha picked. Source: https://www.builder.ai/how-it-works https://www.builder.ai/how-it-works They also have another page explaining how they use deep learning and transformers for speech-to-text processing. They list a bunch of libraries like MetaPath2Vec, Node2Vec, GraphSage, and Flair: Source: https://www.builder.ai/under-the-hood https://www.builder.ai/under-the-hood It sounds impressive, but listing libraries doesn't prove they built an actual LLM. So, the questions that remain unanswered are: 1. Did Craig Saunders, the Head of AI at Builder.ai (and ex-Director of AI at Amazon), ever show investors or clients a working demo of Natasha, or a product roadmap? How do we know Natasha was actually an LLM and not just someone sitting in a call centre in India? 2. Was there a technical team behind Saunders capable of building such a model? 3. Was the goal really to build a domain-specific foundation model, or was that just a narrative to attract investment? Having said that, the company went into insolvency because the CEO and CFO were misleading investors by significantly inflating sales figures through questionable financial practices. According to the Financial Times, BuilderAI reportedly engaged in "round-tripping" with VerSe Innovation. This raised red flags for investors, regulators and prosecutors, and led to bankruptcy proceedings