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Posted by coloneltcb 7/1/2025

HN Slop: AI startup ideas generated from Hacker News(www.josh.ing)
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ForgotMyUUID 7/2/2025|
>Biomech Innovations: A wearable tech startup that uses genetic algorithms and AI to help zebrafish regenerate damaged organs, with a secrets management platform to securely store user data and a retro-futuristic assembly-level code editor for custom hardware designs.

Instant fun! Honestly, whatever tech I look for, I use built-in search engine of Hacker News first before googling it.

unleaded 7/2/2025||
I miss that small period of AI where it excelled at making random shit in this vein( see https://x.com/dril_gpt2 and https://www.reddit.com/r/SubSimulatorGPT2/top/?t=all [somewhat nsfw text]).

I'm not really sure why modern AI can't really do stuff like that anymore—I would guess a combination of being whacked with a crowbar to submit to humans (RLHF, but I'm not sure if it affects base models?), alignment stuff, and just being too smart.

Would love to see something like this with GPT-2 and how it compares

keyle 7/2/2025||
Amusing, and shockingly I wouldn't be surprised to read any of the ideas it has generated on HN tomorrow...
antonvs 7/2/2025|
I was going to say, is this really any different than Y Combinator Slop?
fakedang 7/2/2025||
YC could literally replace RFS with this and it wouldn't make a difference lol.
jpl56 7/2/2025||
Ideascope: An AI-powered platform that generates personalized, innovative startup ideas by analyzing real-time trends and data from Hacker News and other tech communities

Yep, I think this may be possible :p

shannifin 7/1/2025||
Ha! Fun stuff. While some ideas are actually intriguing, many if its suggestions seem to be overly vague jumbles of common phrases and technology. "AI-powered databases to leverage personalized accessibility for team management..." Lol. Still fun though.
ryandrake 7/1/2025|
No worse than a lot of actual companies. I would be totally unsurprised to see that description about a real startup.
lucaspauker 7/2/2025||
Can someone make this? 6. SignalPlay: A platform that transforms real-time WiFi signals into immersive gaming experiences, allowing players to interact with virtual environments based on their physical movements in the room.
anitil 7/3/2025||
If you are looking for an offline solution, one I came across recently as a python one-liner (requires faker)

  python3 -c 'print(__import__("faker").Faker().bs())'
GuB-42 7/2/2025||
I love the comment that goes with the idea.

Sloppy idea, cynical comment, what a perfect representation of Hacker News.

Yes, I made a cynical comment, what did you expect? At least, it is mine, not AI generated :)

paulhodge 7/1/2025||
Very fun and some of these ideas are.. actually not terrible.
amelius 7/2/2025|
Next step: an AI that generates patents.
Hackbraten 7/2/2025|
And another that triages them.
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