Ask HN: What became possible or practical in 2023, which wasn't in 2022?

#1

Post by theoneandarjun » Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 8:52 PM UTC

My inputs: - Building an AI friend that is indistinguishable from an online human friend - Building a robot that could travel around the world and interact with humans all on its own - Making a movie out of all AI generated art

Re: Ask HN: What became possible or practical in 2023, which wasn't in 2022?

#2

Post by theoneandarjun » Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 8:52 PM UTC

Inspired by: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10816484

Re: Ask HN: What became possible or practical in 2023, which wasn't in 2022?

#3

Post by fullshark » Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 8:56 PM UTC

Getting laid off

Re: Ask HN: What became possible or practical in 2023, which wasn't in 2022?

#4

Post by AnimalMuppet » Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 9:05 PM UTC

> Building an AI friend that is indistinguishable from an online human friend

We're still a long way from that one.

Re: Ask HN: What became possible or practical in 2023, which wasn't in 2022?

#5

Post by newaccount74 » Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 9:08 PM UTC

Using 8k displays with a Mac.

Re: Ask HN: What became possible or practical in 2023, which wasn't in 2022?

#6

Post by theoneandarjun » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 3:28 PM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #4

> Building an AI friend that is indistinguishable from an online human friend We're still a long way from that one.

Sadly, I disagree (Replika.ai, etc)