Parrot.vc is a bot trained on tens of thousands of VC tweets that uses predictive text to generate amazing, new startup advice. Share your favorites! Gavin Belson - hit me up, this is the perfect acquisition for Hooli. PS - you can follow Parrot.vc on Twitter as well ( https://twitter.com/parrot_vc )
Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC
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#102Okay, I've spent a little more time on this than I probably should have, but I think I realized something. The reason this works is mostly due to the VCs being generic in general. I've been reading the tweets they're based on and they're equally nonsense as the bot tweet. But bashing multiple tweets together, still produces something that's... coherent? I mean, yea, they're coherent. But it works because it lacks det…
Agreed. Most VCs are just that, useless sacks of breathing meat. For that reason, I've avoided them. Even during parties, I (unfairly) dismiss someone the moment I find out they are a VC and just invested in ...(insert famous tech here)... Based on personal experience, VCs are statistically more likely having a conversation with you thinking they are better than you the whole time (and therefore knows better). Not al…
Do people really think like that? This sounds like possibly a personal insecurity. I don’t know too many grown adults who think things like “I am better than you”. Better at what? making money? Smarter? Getting dates?
I don’t know... maybe I’m just too optimistic but all of the VCs I’ve met have been super nice.
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#103Parrot.vc is a bot trained on tens of thousands of VC tweets that uses predictive text to generate amazing, new startup advice. Share your favorites! Gavin Belson - hit me up, this is the perfect acquisition for Hooli. PS - you can follow Parrot.vc on Twitter as well ( https://twitter.com/parrot_vc )
Now do it with Hacker News comments!
"This has been known for 10 years, this is not a new discovery"
"Title is clickbait, can someone please update it?"
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#104Ingenious.
My favourite Markov chain is the one trained on Puppet documentation and the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC
#105Okay, I've spent a little more time on this than I probably should have, but I think I realized something. The reason this works is mostly due to the VCs being generic in general. I've been reading the tweets they're based on and they're equally nonsense as the bot tweet. But bashing multiple tweets together, still produces something that's... coherent? I mean, yea, they're coherent. But it works because it lacks det…
Agreed. Most VCs are just that, useless sacks of breathing meat. For that reason, I've avoided them. Even during parties, I (unfairly) dismiss someone the moment I find out they are a VC and just invested in ...(insert famous tech here)... Based on personal experience, VCs are statistically more likely having a conversation with you thinking they are better than you the whole time (and therefore knows better). Not al…
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#106"With a powerful narrative, you should be able to go from raw materials to a launch ready vehicle in 60 days." If this isn't the best sign of the times, idk what is. Edit: This one killed me "VC is hard. This is a great fucking deck..."
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#107This one was especially rich since it points to the genrator’s oncoming sentinence
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#108Re: Show HN: Parrot.vc – I forced a bot to read 65,000 VC tweets and it became a VC
#109If you don't understand the tweets, it's because they have a deeper meaning.