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> pre-idea individuals
First time I am hearing this term. It is a euphemism like pre-owned cars (instead of used cars).
What does this mean? People who do not yet have any idea? Weird.
Almost every parent comment on this is negative. Why is there such an anti-OpenAI bias on a forum run by YCombinator, basically the pseudo-parent of OpenAI?
It seems that there is a constant motive to view any decision made by any big AI company on this forum at best with extreme cynicism and at worse virulent hatred. It seems unwise for a forum focused on technology and building the future to be so opposed to the companies doing the most to advance the most rapidly evolving technological domain at the moment.
Everyone at YC should be upset that sama continues to cannibalize the YC value proposition. First funding, then mindshare, and now this.
OpenAI appears to lack clear product vision.
This feels like a program to see what sticks.
Whatever.
AWS gives startups money.
Did anyone get confirmation that the form got sent? There is no feedback from pressing "submit" for me.
"pre-idea individuals"
Next up, we're funding prenatal individuals.
If you are pre-idea today, does OpenAI believe your startup will still be relevant in the face of the AGI progress they forecast to make in the time it takes you to ship?
15 ppl in first cohort? Aka dont bother applying.
What exactly do I need to do to qualify.
I'm working on a prototype right now, guess I'll toss my hat in the ring.
Fortune favors the bold.
> pre-idea individuals
Holy crap, I thought that term existed purely in the realm of satire skits:
https://www.tiktok.com/@techroastshow/video/7341240131015445...
It looks like application submission isn't functioning.
I first misread it as "OpenAI Grave" where someone would put the list of all discontinued models.
"it offers pre-idea individuals" wtf
If ideas are a dime a dozen, what even is a pre-idea startup
The FAQ items don't expand for me, on Android Vivaldi.
Do you have to be in the US or can they help to get in?
Looks like they want to build up and support middle men to do the apps more than them, and act more like a platform or operating system position. Which makes sense giant corporations reporting 95% failed AI projects and the core success cases are specialist companies tuning the platform to a specific problem are successful. Then there are a ton of snake oil AI apps that are over promising under delivering hurting the image of AI's usefulness
This is probably purely a pivot in market strategy to profitability to increase token usage, increase consumer/public's trust more than farming ideas for internal projects.
What would be nice is a "grove" I can flee to where I'd be immune to the effects of OpenAI and the other AI labs.
Alas, such grove is impossible.
hmm.. wonder what the most accurate Venn diagram for this is?
Incredible opportunity for SF Muni to get subsidized with even more full bus wrap ads for AI coding apps that nobody uses
Can someone give the counter argument to my initial cynical read of this? That read being: OpenAI has more money than it can invest productively within it's own company and is trying to cast a net to find new product ideas via an incubator? I can't imagine Softbank or Microsoft is happy about their money being funneled into something like this and it implies they have run out of ideas internally. But I think I'm probably being too reflexively cynical