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RobotToaster ( RobotToaster@mander.xyz )  to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

This AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinator

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This AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinator

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RobotToaster ( RobotToaster@mander.xyz )  to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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AI startups, and open-source forks with VC funding. A bad match.
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    Road to success (2024 AI Hype Edition):

    1. Clone VSCode.
    2. Rename it as LSCode, squash all history, and create some random commits with --author="Linus Torvalds ".
    3. Add a character AI that calls your code garbage.
    4. Profit.
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      For the second step there is git blame-someone-else

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