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AI apps are like music
- yoz-y 1y ago> Everyone describes AI apps the same way: "Cursor for X." First time I hear this phrase, and I’ve read a healthy amount of articles about AI.
- warthog 1y agoMy experience, particularly over X, has been "Cursor for X" Maybe you can do a search at YC startups page and see it there as well.
- saaspirant 1y ago>"Cursor for X" was a common expression in 2 weeks
- FridgeSeal 1y agoThe author complains about model picker drop “complexity”, then follows up with an example about how the insurance industry prices their products. They conclude by asserting that ai-adjacent apps should “get rid of that damn model picker” and “be more like insurance”. As if the insurance industry wasn’t one of the most predatory, parasitic, scummy and user-hostile industries out there. Please don’t follow this advice, we don’t need _more_ opacity and insurance-like companies. I also personally think think that the “point it at the mosh of your choice” mechanism will only become _more_ popular, not less.
- warthog 1y agoI do agree the transparency often is good for the user. However, only when it matters to them. For developers, the model picker is the right choice because we do care about it. For more mainstream "normie" users - not so much.
- FridgeSeal 1y agoAre you _sure_ that the choice doesn’t matter to them, or are we just so used to removing that choice for them. Maybe”normie” users wouldn’t be “normie”’s if they were infantilised by product choices?
- pdntspa 1y agoAnother call for the ongoing stupid-ification of software....
- ripped_britches 1y agoA rare excellent take
- warthog 1y agothank you!
- flax 1y agoThe popular ones are boring and way over used Most people are happy with a subscription service that doesn't really serve their tastes or compensate the sources effectively. * I won't get really into it unless I have a solution using hardware I own. * People that care about it are incredibly passionate about it. For the rest it is a boring subject in and of itself. * "It can change the world"
- perilunar 1y agoPricing for digital services sucks. I really hate the monthly subscription payment model. If I use a service infrequently I’m being ripped off, and if I use it a lot I’m undercharged. The incentives are all wrong. Why can’t I just pay for what I actually use? I do that for electricity and my landline — why can’t I do the same for my mobile phone, internet, video streaming, AI, etc.
- cadamsdotcom 1y agoThe model picker is a power user feature. Power user vs. normie products haven't emerged yet. Another sign we're early in AI.