Most AI startups, whether they know it or not are following a methodology that I call:
Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Entrepreneurial Startup System (A.I.M.L.E.S.S).
In this methodology, all startups create the same basic four products:
- 1: an AI logo generator
- 2: an AI avatar/profile generator
- 3: an AI pretty picture maker
- 4: an AI thing that lets you be a lazy writer
The first to market makes $100,000 in a month then joins the rest in making nothing, whilst loudly complaining that everyone copied their idea.
Then, just like Web 1.0, the founders throw up their hands and go bust, declaring that “there’s no way to make money from AI”, and shut down their companies, only to be startled when five years later someone comes up with the AI equivalent of Facebook and everyone kicks themselves for not seeing the opportunity earlier.
Also "AI" working on "chatbots". I have a friend who works as a recruiter at a place that helps companies sell their trash products via whatsapp (what a disgusting invasion of capitalist greed into formerly personal communication spaces) that pivoted to doing it via LLMs. It's run by two grifters who couldn't tell the difference between a LLM and "ChatGPT", it's all the same for them. yet the roles they are hiring for are called "AI engineer" and such. When it was founded, the company was a clothing brand, before pivoting to ecommerce. Can't wait for that useless piece of shit "startup" to go out of business (after my friend finds a better job).
Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Entrepreneurial Startup System (A.I.M.L.E.S.S).
In this methodology, all startups create the same basic four products:
- 1: an AI logo generator
- 2: an AI avatar/profile generator
- 3: an AI pretty picture maker
- 4: an AI thing that lets you be a lazy writer
The first to market makes $100,000 in a month then joins the rest in making nothing, whilst loudly complaining that everyone copied their idea.
Then, just like Web 1.0, the founders throw up their hands and go bust, declaring that “there’s no way to make money from AI”, and shut down their companies, only to be startled when five years later someone comes up with the AI equivalent of Facebook and everyone kicks themselves for not seeing the opportunity earlier.