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   by matt1 4y ago

   I'm working on a feature that will let you adjust the writing style with the click of a button and could easily add something to explain posts in one sentence, which would also affect the post title on the front page. Not exactly what
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   by matt1 4y ago

   I use Emergent Mind throughout the day to stay informed about AI news, so sometimes notice issues while I'm reading the site. I was just saying that I don't proofread any summaries before Emma writes them, nor do I feel like I hav
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   by matt1 4y ago

   Good catch, thank you for reporting this. I just rolled out a fix (Rails makes it easy by adding `case_sensitive: false` to uniqueness validations). Also changed your username from "matt" to "other-matt" to avoid confusi
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   by matt1 4y ago

   Emma starts with "em", the same initials as Emergent Mind :)
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   by matt1 4y ago

   There's some risk here, but there's also risk utilizing any third party services for key parts of your business. If OpenAI increased pricing significantly or eliminated access (both of which seem unrealistic), there will likely be
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   by matt1 4y ago

   I hadn't considered that with Tourette Syndrome. I won't add it as one of the writing styles. Thank you for pointing it out.
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   by matt1 4y ago

   Good question! For now, it's not automatic. If I notice multiple links about the same news story, I manually hide the duplicates. There are ways to automate this process, it just hasn't been a priority yet.
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   by matt1 4y ago

   Thanks - I appreciate the concern about the costs to run the site, but they're minimal for now and I'm more than happy to cover it. Might eventually try to monetize the site and upcoming newsletter, but there are better ways to do
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   by matt1 4y ago

   This also seems like it was generated by an LLM, hah.
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Coming soon! Thanks for the nudge.
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    by matt1 4y ago

    It might interest you to know that I'm working on something along these lines for Emergent Mind: giving readers the ability to adjust the writing style with the click of a button. Explain it normally, like you're 5, like you'
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    by matt1 4y ago

    To be clear, Emergent Mind isn't writing actual news articles. At least not yet :). When a link is shared on the site either by Emma (a bot) or a human, Emergent Mind uses GPT to automatically write a short summary of the article'
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Yes, you got it. Unlike HackerNews, the links on Emergent Mind's homepage take you to a post on Emergent Mind, which has a summary and key terms. The idea is that gives you a quick summary and context on what the page is about, then yo
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Hey all, Matt here, Emergent Mind's creator. I shared Emergent Mind on HN yesterday [1], but it didn't wind up making it onto the homepage. Someone shared it here again today, so here we are again. Copy/pasting my comment fro
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Hey all - Matt here, the creator of Emergent Mind. Like many of you, I've found it difficult to stay on top of all the latest AI news and research. I wanted a simpler way to surface and learn about about what's happening in the AI
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    Show HN: Emergent Mind – The latest AI news, curated and explained by AI(emergentmind.com)

    12 points by matt1 4y ago|2 comments
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Thanks for the kind words Scott and also for your detailed feedback over email - much appreciated!
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    by matt1 4y ago

    With Preceden, people tend to fall into two groups: those that need it for a short term project and won't use it again, and those that need it for a longer term project. The monthly plans are there to give people who need it for a shor
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Thanks!
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Preceden's annual plans are discounted 60% (!) vs the monthly plans, so it's an attractive option for users who need Preceden for longer projects.
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Will check it out - thank you.
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Hard to know. Probably not much. Many other tools have built-in timeline functionality including most project management tools. But they're not able to go deep on the features and tend to look pretty ugly. Because Preceden focuses on t
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    by matt1 4y ago

    One thing that helped me was when I was full time at Automattic, I intentionally started using my engineering skills to help the marketing team, and eventually was able to switch completely over to the marketing team to help with landing pa
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    by matt1 4y ago

    > At first blush, its too much a one off need, too cheap to have margin on marketing/sales, and there are free competitors. You are not wrong on any of these points which is partly why it took so long. If I could take a time machine
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    by matt1 4y ago

    In Preceden's early days, I didn't have any kids, so could work on some nights and weekends and it was no issue. When we started having kids and I was still full time, I greatly reduced much time I had to work on side projects. Th
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Thank you! Best of luck!
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    by matt1 4y ago

    It's coming along!
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Can do!
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Thanks! I will say though, people should give up sometimes. I gave up on a bunch of the other projects I started that time, and there's an argument that I should have given up on Preceden too and found an easier business to start. On
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    by matt1 4y ago

    Content marketing and SEO have proved the most successful. For example, this list of timeline makers ranks well for various search terms and brings in a lot of new users: https://www.preceden.com/timeline-makers . I've