This Idea Does Not Exist
Productivity
idea generator
SHOW HN2021
24points
32comments
#1,273of 2,533 in 2021
Top 51%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
0 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score -0.42.
Idea: 0 for, 7 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Many generated ideas already exist as products or companies.
From 5 comments
Looks to be completely overfitted on the training set. 10/10 "ideas" displayed to me do exist.
hobofan on HNIndeed so... the first one recommended to me was "An online course that teaches basic programming skills." After seeing your comment, I tried another 9 out of curiosity... and…
arbuge on HNI clicked through 15 of them and they all exist.
Clampower on HN“A website that helps you sell used items.” Yea, I think that has been done.
karmicthreat on HNI'm pretty sure that "an app that helps you keep track of your cryptocurrency investments" already exists.
indianpianist on HN
Generated ideas seem to be overfitted or not truly novel.
From 2 comments
Looks to be completely overfitted on the training set. 10/10 "ideas" displayed to me do exist.
hobofan on HNJudging by these comments and my own results, perhaps this is a joke. We see these ideas turned into enterprises/ventures all the time. It's as if the people who come up with…
1MachineElf on HN
Unclear whether the ideas are AI-generated or curated by a person.
From 2 comments
Is this generated by AI or are these generated by a person? Some context would be helpful here.
spcebar on HNI’m not convinced that’s true, and if they are they’re heavily curated, and come from a small enough pool that I see regular repeats. I’d expect at least _something_ interesting…
thom on HN
Requests
Add thumbs up/down feedback to train the generator.
From 1 comment
Should maybe have thumbs up/down and use that to maybe better 'train' the algorithm... on whether it exists/doesn't exist.
gremlinsinc on HN
Rename the site to something more accurate.
From 2 comments
So.. it's a ... "This Idea May or May Not Exist" Dang, not so catchy eh? But transparent and honest. Which do you prefer: Catchiness or Honesty?
aeoleonn on HNThere’s a simple fix for that. Rename site to “this idea, but you can solve it better”. So the idea exists, but maybe the person reading it can implement a better solution for…
codetrotter on HN
Questions
Are the ideas AI-generated or written by a person?
From 2 comments
Is this generated by AI or are these generated by a person? Some context would be helpful here.
spcebar on HNYou do realise this is computer generated. Who are you refereing to by saying "you"?
vertigolimbo on HN