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Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC

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Post by nloui » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:45 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #4

I clicked through like 15 of these and they were all pretty nonsensical. Not sure if this is more damning of tweets from VC's or the bot itself...

Haha I'm sure it's somewhere in the middle. Never said it was the smartest algorithm. If you hover over the VC's name, it'll show the actual tweet that was sampled.

Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC

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Post by nloui » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC

zitterbewegung wrote: post #6

How does it work?

It's a markov chain trained on around 65,000 tweets from around 50 VC's.

Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC

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Post by branon » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC

what is a VC?

> Canceling sneaky charges is one of the most predictable but consequential developments of the 2020s.

this is pretty cool.

Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC

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Post by nloui » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC

metasj wrote: post #10

Now train a second bot on parrot.vc advice to make bets via MicroVentures...

Perfect - starting the AngelList syndicate right now. Haha

Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC

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Post by corodra » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:48 PM UTC

Great, congrates, sounds like your bot is going to be the first computer program to demand worker's rights and protection from cruel and unusual punishment.

But seriously wanted to say it's pretty stellar and so far none of these seem "bot" like. They read pretty genuine... which says a lot of how idiotic a lot of these VCs are.

Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC

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Post by KhoomeiK » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:48 PM UTC

> "if you have a 1000X returner, then that is still pretty good. VC is asymmetric. You don't try to get 9 out of 10."

Vaguely meaningful.

Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC

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Post by mef » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:48 PM UTC

Capital is in such oversupply that you have to lock down the system from yourself to credibly tell customers you won't screw them over.

https://www.parrot.vc/-Luq3q03hYSF0vm4mVUb

Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC

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Post by calmworm » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:48 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #4

I clicked through like 15 of these and they were all pretty nonsensical. Not sure if this is more damning of tweets from VC's or the bot itself...

Agreed - nonsense. It appears to just be copying segments of tweets and matching words to join the phrases at that word.

Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC

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Post by solso » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:49 PM UTC

works well, it would have fooled me. The quotes are as bizarre as the real ones :-)

Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC

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Post by AWildC182 » Wed, Dec 04, 2019, 9:49 PM UTC

Best I can tell from the bot's output, I guess VCs just run around on twitter doing nothing but providing inane drive-by commentary...