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JimmyTheCrossEyedDog t1_j3viyyk wrote

Neat idea, but

> as soon as we find VC

What do you see as the value proposition of made up search engine results? And what makes this different than every other use of LLMs?

I would caution against the idea of "finding VC" as a sure thing when everyone and their brother is throwing together a GPT-based startup right now, most of which will go nowhere.

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Essipova t1_j3vlje6 wrote

I conçur. Sounds like a fun idea but I can’t see any real value proposition from this.

A lot of low hanging fruits are being picked right now regarding ChatGPT and GPT in general. A lot of VCs are overwhelmed at this point by what’s on offer.

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LaravelWorkflow OP t1_j3vmjar wrote

Right now yes it's just a fun idea but once we take it to the logical conclusion, it will become a lot more powerful. If you don't like any of the search results you can edit them and then generate the website you wish existed. You can embed fake images and audio from other AI models. It can already write code to make things interactive as well.

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Essipova t1_j3x132z wrote

Hmm… you’re making a lot of wishful thinking assumptions about how ChatGPT works, and what’s required to get to the stage you’re referring to.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and assert that your background is not in deep learning.

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LaravelWorkflow OP t1_j3x5f0h wrote

What do you think is so hard about embedding AI generated images in a webpage or are you talking about something else?

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Essipova t1_j3znmos wrote

There’s a larger question you’re not asking about what the system must be capable of 😜

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LaravelWorkflow OP t1_j3vm4xq wrote

The search results are free. Search for whatever you want. It's definitely mostly a novelty at this point but I'm sure someone can find a productive use for it too. The VC is needed for generating fake websites for these fake results.

As for what makes it different. It's a lot more open than most other ideas. There are AI search engines and AI website builders, etc. This is more like a portal into all of that and the ability to make it social as well. As AI improves so too will this service.

Midjourney makes fake pictures. Latent Web makes fake Internet.

It's up to the users to figure out how to make these tools productive. We will listen to their feedback and add the most useful features in order to achieve PMF.

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JimmyTheCrossEyedDog t1_j3w9jri wrote

> The VC is needed for generating fake websites for these fake results.

No, I get what you're looking for VC for - my point is, why would VC want to give you funding? What's the business model, what's the value?

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LaravelWorkflow OP t1_j40yq3j wrote

>No, I get what you're looking for VC for
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>What do you see as the value proposition of made up search engine results?

Doesn't seem like you can decide what you're talking about. Like I said, the VC isn't for made up search results. Now you want to change the subject. Weird.

Thanks for the quote though: https://twitter.com/LatentWeb/status/1613593337918783502

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happygilmore001 t1_j443i5m wrote

u/JimmyTheCrossEyedDog this is not ethical.

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JimmyTheCrossEyedDog t1_j44zozr wrote

Not sure if you're tagging to warn me about him using my reddit name in his tweet, but I'm not really bothered (although I do appreciate your tag just in case, as I hadn't seen the edit). Did not expect this kind of childish reaction to what I thought was my, your, and several others' constructive (albeit sometimes a bit blunt) criticism, though - yikes.

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LaravelWorkflow OP t1_j3wdvx4 wrote

Are you a VC? If so, let's schedule a meeting and we can discuss it.

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happygilmore001 t1_j3yoolr wrote

Ouch. Hard pass. If you're advertising on reddit, you need the elevator pitch for reddit.

Do you own https://github.com/jbilcke/web4? If not this whole post should be deleted.

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LaravelWorkflow OP t1_j3wkafr wrote

Your link doesn't work. It's just a broken placeholder image. Perhaps you were trying to insult me somehow but failed?

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