Earlier quoted context omitted.
What’s the difference between social media and books? Or is your point that all entertainment is harmful to individuals and society?
Books aren't harassing kids!
or using kids attention as a tradable product.
ManusAI Joins Meta
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#62Meta was lacking behind on the agents space. This is a good capture but they are making crazy good offers but not turning them into killer products so far. The AI agents space is picking up in 20206. Next they will hire voice agents like ElevenLabs and Cartesia, visual Agents like VLM Run or Landing AI and then web browsing agents.
If you can't beat 'em...buy 'em!
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#63This acquisition is a complete joke in China. From the very beginning, the company focused almost entirely on marketing. Then, after a few months, it fled China and relocated to Singapore. Now that it’s been acquired by Meta, you could say it has finally fulfilled its mission.
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#64I'd like someone to do a comparison of tech company valuations pre GenAI vs post for the same vertical.
I understand there's always some optimism for new tech, but the valuations we're seeing seems absurd to me.
Like, do they expect to see x100 profit for the same vertical? Obviously some new markets have been created, but I don't see them solving any particularly novel business problems.
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#65I’m wondering why these companies are so hyped and valued at these astronomical levels. Honestly, nothing really impresses me enough to think, “Wow, this company actually deserves that kind of valuation”. These valuations are to the point point that this looks too close to money laundering, just like buying art.
It's all very speculative and line keeps going up forever
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#66I’m wondering why these companies are so hyped and valued at these astronomical levels. Honestly, nothing really impresses me enough to think, “Wow, this company actually deserves that kind of valuation”. These valuations are to the point point that this looks too close to money laundering, just like buying art.
I hear you, and mostly share the point of view, but that’s what people were saying about the instagram valuation too.
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#67i thought mAnus was a joke app
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#68Bummer. Manus was the best actual agent for my money. I literally have it working for me right now so I can goof off on HN… no joke.
If you’re looking for a (non-meta-owned) alternative, check out our startup Tasklet (tasklet.ai)
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#69Did the founders have a nice leisurely walk in the park with Mark
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#70> This announcement is more than just a headline—it's validation of our pioneering work with General AI Agents. Anyone else thought this was satire when they read that as the second line in the announcement? I literally laughed, then clicked the top left logo, to check out the homepage and see if this `ManuAI` was a real website. --- You would think that they would know better to at least edit that out. It's not just…
Some context:
> Fun fact: Manus is currently SOTA on the Remote Labor Index (RLI) benchmark that @scale_AI and @ai_risks released earlier this year.
Source: https://x.com/alexandr_wang/status/2005766469771223106
If you've been following Manus and their work on context engineering, or have used the product, that line doesn't come off as satire IMO.