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Re: Ask HN: Who's building an AI-free product?

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Post by matyaskzs »

mklepaczewski wrote: post #30
stonecharioteer wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I logged in after ages to reply. This sounds useful. I'm having trouble concentrating on my work, remote work has become too much of a toll on my mental health. But that being said, it's so crazy that there's a need for this. How are you guys making money? I see you have a single person tier for 3 USD an hour? Even so, that's crazy.

Thanks! For some, it's the only method that works (myself included). > How are you guys making money? I see you have a single-person tier for $3 an hour? Even so, that's crazy. Update: First of all, users are _not_ our product. Our only source of revenue is subscriptions to our service. Each user has a dedicated Productivity Partner, and they connect with them in a 1-on-1 video call. 90% of the time, Productivity Par…

This sounds like a nightmare and very questionable in any serious work capacity. You are paying to breach your nda...

Re: Ask HN: Who's building an AI-free product?

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Post by [deleted] »

matyaskzs wrote: post #31
mklepaczewski wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! For some, it's the only method that works (myself included). > How are you guys making money? I see you have a single-person tier for $3 an hour? Even so, that's crazy. Update: First of all, users are _not_ our product. Our only source of revenue is subscriptions to our service. Each user has a dedicated Productivity Partner, and they connect with them in a 1-on-1 video call. 90% of the time, Productivity Par…

This sounds like a nightmare and very questionable in any serious work capacity. You are paying to breach your nda...

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Re: Ask HN: Who's building an AI-free product?

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Post by reverius42 »

reducesuffering wrote: post #12

I'm working on a project to find the best places for you to live (in the US). Right now, people are deciding where to move based on gut feels, spreadsheets, and wikipedia pages. There needs to be a better way to enter personal preferences and come out with enough data that ensures the place you're in is the best fit for you. Enter your preferences, narrow down locations, and compare them: https://exoroad.com

> best fit

Depending on who you ask, and/or by what methods you're computing this, this is in fact AI. Probably most would agree that a neural network is AI, but quite a few will assert that linear regression is too.

edit: didn't mean to make this a put-down or try to exclude you. I guess I'm just being pedantic for no reason (or bitterness about the near-meaninglessness of the term "AI").

Re: Ask HN: Who's building an AI-free product?

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Post by klakierr »

drakonka wrote: post #20
klakierr wrote: post #18

https://tonguee.xyz Free version of duolingo's match madness using top 1000 most frequently used Spanish words. I actually like the competing with others gamification, not so much streaks etc. Made it mostly for myself, as a way to procrastinate instead of actually learning spanish

This looks so great! Do you have any plans to expand to other languages? I'd love something like this for Swedish.

TBH not really, although it would be really easy. I'd open source it if the code would not be an absolute mess

Re: Ask HN: Who's building an AI-free product?

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Post by drakonka »

klakierr wrote: post #35
drakonka wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This looks so great! Do you have any plans to expand to other languages? I'd love something like this for Swedish.

TBH not really, although it would be really easy. I'd open source it if the code would not be an absolute mess

If you do want to open source it someday I'd be happy to help clean up the code in my spare time. I'm actively learning Swedish and would selfishly love something like this :D

Re: Ask HN: Who's building an AI-free product?

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Post by jim90 »

mklepaczewski wrote: post #24

We're building WorkMode ( https://workmode.net/ ) - a body-doubling platform for extreme procrastinators. In a nutshell, we connect with our users via video call to ensure they stay focused on their tasks. These video calls usually last the entire day. Think of it as "Focus/Productivity as a Service." Replacing our productivity partners (body doubles) with AI avatars simply wouldn't work. The method's effectiveness r…

Sounds similar to https://www.focusmate.com/ - are there any big differences?

Re: Ask HN: Who's building an AI-free product?

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Post by lem01 »

We're running SimpleBackups (https://simplebackups.com) a backup solution for databases, servers, storage, and applications.

Sounds like a boring business but I love it! What is funny is the number of times we've brought the "AI" buzzword in our discussions: "Maybe we could rename our anomaly detection to AI xYz, it's AI no?" :D

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