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Show HN: Let's Build AI

173 points by aprxi 3y ago

Hi, I built letsbuild.ai over the weekend. This is a link site dedicated to AI and can be edited via Github. There is well over 50 links already as a start. If you got interesting AI related links/ categories, would welcome any PR.

3abiton 3y ago
How is this different than AI Awesome lists?
- aprxi 3y ago
  Author here. Thanks for asking. One key objective is not to be yet another linksite, but add utility by providing direct shortcuts to code, docs, api references etc. next to the main link.
  - hk__2 3y ago
    > One key objective is not to be yet another linksite, but add utility by providing direct shortcuts to code, docs, api references etc. next to the main link. Is this a need people have? I would use letsbuild.ai to discover projects and check their homepage/documentation, but once I know a given project I know where to find its docs (or search for "<project> docs" on Google).
    - android521 3y ago
      don't underestimate the UX improvments from tiny friction removal features. It can become the difference between a site no one usess to a site everyone loves
      - hk__2 2y ago
        > don't underestimate the UX improvments from tiny friction removal features. It can become the difference between a site no one usess to a site everyone loves Which UX improvements are you thinking of exactly? This is a website I would personally not use because all I see is a list of links without context nor explanation about which tool is better than another for which task.
musikele 3y ago
I think a "roadmap" should be also provided on how to learn this topic in a guided way. Also, some captions would be useful: what does it mean "model development"? Why "vector databases" ? What is "LLM Automation" ? What should I click first if I am a complete newbie ?
- josfredo 3y ago
  Yes, this is a must! A newbies-focused roadmap would differentiate it from other linksites. Newbies would benefit tremendously if they can grasp every keyword, and not get overwhelmed. This site could really be the starter platform of every AI enthusiast.
- JoeDaDude 3y ago
  I am not the Lazy programmer nor the owner of this website, but titular Lazy Programmer has developed several roadmaps of the courses they offer for those who wish to learn AI/ML. You don't necessarily have to take their courses, but you can glean the topics of the courses from their titles and get a good idea of what you need to know. The courses: https://lazyprogrammer.me/deep-learning-courses/ https://lazyprogrammer.me/deep-learning-courses/ The order in which to take the courses: https://deeplearningcourses.com/course_order https://deeplearningcourses.com/course_order A video summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAdA2t2Xmm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAdA2t2Xmm0
stanac 3y ago
Looks neat, kind of those "awesome X" list. Maybe adding a wiki would be interesting (so uninitiated can learn what is what and where to start if they want to build/train their own AI). Tangential question I am not sure where else to ask: Would it be possible to train AI at home on a book? I was thinking about how sometimes I start reading a book and then get distracted for a month or two. Summarizing chapters and characters up to a point in the book sounds like a good fit for GPT AI. I could possibly find and extract PDF or epub of the current book I am reading and I have RTX 4080 at home I am barely using.
- lambdaba 3y ago
  Why wouldn't you just use Claude 3? It's going to be miles better than any OSS model.
  - stanac 3y ago
    I'll have to read first what Claude 3 is. Thank you.
- zingar 3y ago
  Is privateGPT what you're looking for? It stores PDFs in a vector DB and answers questions based on that content alone. Edit: Everything is local. This is not training, it takes a standard LLM and gives it extra context based on what text the tool finds in the vector DB related to the topic. https://github.com/imartinez/privateGPT https://github.com/imartinez/privateGPT
  - stanac 3y ago
    That sounds even better than training LLM on my own. Thanks.
NKosmatos 3y ago
Hey nice one, thanks for putting the links (along with GitHub repos) in a neat page for us!
jvanderbot 3y ago
Is there something like this that is more broad than LLMs?
- herval 3y ago
  There’s thousands of AI directories out there, from huggingface itself to the ones specialized in SaaSes
hans863 3y ago
You build yahoo for AI. congratulations I guess
vouaobrasil 3y ago
I'm currrently re-reading Jurassic Park, and I can't help but wonder whether we are committing the same mistakes with AI as the scientists in the book... AI seems to be the ultimate example of "shoot first, ask questions later". We have no idea how AI will effect society, the marginal benefits to people are near-zero (measred in terms of the difference before any adoption to widespread adoption, not incremental intermediate stages), and most of the effects will likely be disastrous (much more efficient propaganda, much more efficient drug-in-the-form-of-media production to distract us from the true ills of the world to prevent a true revolution for good, and a huge wealth concentration towards tech companies). This wanton development of AI seems exceptionally reckless...
- nurettin 3y ago
  You could say the same thing about computers, but you are comfortably sitting in front of one of them. Previously you were probably sitting in a public transportation vehicle. How do you personally distinguish between "this is an apocalyptic mistake" and "this is a step in the right direction" ?
  - yard2010 3y ago
    Not cp but I would say it's the scale and timeframes
    - CharlieDigital 3y ago
      I came to post the same. Computers and the Internet evolved over decades before what we would recognize as modern computers. Their first use cases were mathematical, scientific, and business oriented (word processing, financial models, etc.). It took decades for mass adoption and wider use cases to evolve. Sure, there were many cracks that had to fixed along the way (malware, botnets, privacy, piracy, distribution channel for illicit materials, environmental cost, etc.), but none of those things manifest in a timeline remotely close to what we see with gen AI seemingly reaching widespread adoption in a short ~24 mo. time period. The advancement has been so fast, that the real-world guardrails haven't had any time to catch up before the next advancement completely changes the playing field. Prime example is that Will Smith spaghetti video to Sora within months. Now we have AI denying care[0] to patients and generating deepfake porn[1] of celebrities, coworkers, and even minors. What are the lines we should draw as a society? It moves so fast that even knowing what the right discussion context is can be a challenge because the endpoints have shifted by the time we even understand the problem enough to have a constructive conversation. The socioeconomic impacts in some industries where AI can replaces workers will be tremendously negative for real-world, flesh-and-blood human beings who may not be ready or in a position to adapt to those changes. There is some postulation that the Arab Spring arose out of the effects of climate change on crop failures[3]. How will such a sudden and massive shift in employment and household income combined with other macroeconomic factors like inflation and housing costs affect the stability of society and social unrest? Don't get me wrong: this is not an argument against AI because certainly, if AI can do those jobs better, faster, and more efficiently, then why not? But rather as a community and society, we also need to understand the wider consequences of wiping out employment of 90% of the people in a given field of industry and what that looks like for our friends, families, neighbors. [0] https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/ https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate... [1] https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/03/04/deepfake-porn-videos-surging-in-greece https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/03/04/deepfake-porn-video... [3] https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1PH23A/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1PH23A/
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synergy20 3y ago
very informative,thanks!
devinprater 3y ago
I really hope that communities could build their own AI. For example, GPT-4-turbo doesn't get keyboard navigation for blind people right in just about any conversation. Why Microsoft made a chat bot for this very purpose of serving people with disabilities, I don't know. It's not even 100% accessible, the web app anyway. So, if we could train our own AI's, and multi-modal models, on how to help us, how to describe things, or even the kinds of media we each like, that'd be amazing!
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Ntuthuko_hlela 3y ago
This is amazing, thank you!
williamzeng0 3y ago
This is great, thanks for making it!

173 points by aprxi 3y ago

3abiton 3y ago

How is this different than AI Awesome lists?

aprxi 3y ago
Author here. Thanks for asking. One key objective is not to be yet another linksite, but add utility by providing direct shortcuts to code, docs, api references etc. next to the main link.
- hk__2 3y ago
  > One key objective is not to be yet another linksite, but add utility by providing direct shortcuts to code, docs, api references etc. next to the main link. Is this a need people have? I would use letsbuild.ai to discover projects and check their homepage/documentation, but once I know a given project I know where to find its docs (or search for "<project> docs" on Google).
  - android521 3y ago
    don't underestimate the UX improvments from tiny friction removal features. It can become the difference between a site no one usess to a site everyone loves
    - hk__2 2y ago
      > don't underestimate the UX improvments from tiny friction removal features. It can become the difference between a site no one usess to a site everyone loves Which UX improvements are you thinking of exactly? This is a website I would personally not use because all I see is a list of links without context nor explanation about which tool is better than another for which task.

musikele 3y ago

I think a "roadmap" should be also provided on how to learn this topic in a guided way. Also, some captions would be useful: what does it mean "model development"? Why "vector databases" ? What is "LLM Automation" ? What should I click first if I am a complete newbie ?

josfredo 3y ago
Yes, this is a must! A newbies-focused roadmap would differentiate it from other linksites. Newbies would benefit tremendously if they can grasp every keyword, and not get overwhelmed. This site could really be the starter platform of every AI enthusiast.
JoeDaDude 3y ago
I am not the Lazy programmer nor the owner of this website, but titular Lazy Programmer has developed several roadmaps of the courses they offer for those who wish to learn AI/ML. You don't necessarily have to take their courses, but you can glean the topics of the courses from their titles and get a good idea of what you need to know. The courses: https://lazyprogrammer.me/deep-learning-courses/ https://lazyprogrammer.me/deep-learning-courses/ The order in which to take the courses: https://deeplearningcourses.com/course_order https://deeplearningcourses.com/course_order A video summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAdA2t2Xmm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAdA2t2Xmm0

stanac 3y ago

Looks neat, kind of those "awesome X" list. Maybe adding a wiki would be interesting (so uninitiated can learn what is what and where to start if they want to build/train their own AI). Tangential question I am not sure where else to ask: Would it be possible to train AI at home on a book? I was thinking about how sometimes I start reading a book and then get distracted for a month or two. Summarizing chapters and characters up to a point in the book sounds like a good fit for GPT AI. I could possibly find and extract PDF or epub of the current book I am reading and I have RTX 4080 at home I am barely using.

lambdaba 3y ago
Why wouldn't you just use Claude 3? It's going to be miles better than any OSS model.
- stanac 3y ago
  I'll have to read first what Claude 3 is. Thank you.
zingar 3y ago
Is privateGPT what you're looking for? It stores PDFs in a vector DB and answers questions based on that content alone. Edit: Everything is local. This is not training, it takes a standard LLM and gives it extra context based on what text the tool finds in the vector DB related to the topic. https://github.com/imartinez/privateGPT https://github.com/imartinez/privateGPT
- stanac 3y ago
  That sounds even better than training LLM on my own. Thanks.

NKosmatos 3y ago

Hey nice one, thanks for putting the links (along with GitHub repos) in a neat page for us!

jvanderbot 3y ago

Is there something like this that is more broad than LLMs?

herval 3y ago
There’s thousands of AI directories out there, from huggingface itself to the ones specialized in SaaSes

hans863 3y ago

You build yahoo for AI. congratulations I guess

vouaobrasil 3y ago

I'm currrently re-reading Jurassic Park, and I can't help but wonder whether we are committing the same mistakes with AI as the scientists in the book... AI seems to be the ultimate example of "shoot first, ask questions later". We have no idea how AI will effect society, the marginal benefits to people are near-zero (measred in terms of the difference before any adoption to widespread adoption, not incremental intermediate stages), and most of the effects will likely be disastrous (much more efficient propaganda, much more efficient drug-in-the-form-of-media production to distract us from the true ills of the world to prevent a true revolution for good, and a huge wealth concentration towards tech companies). This wanton development of AI seems exceptionally reckless...

nurettin 3y ago
You could say the same thing about computers, but you are comfortably sitting in front of one of them. Previously you were probably sitting in a public transportation vehicle. How do you personally distinguish between "this is an apocalyptic mistake" and "this is a step in the right direction" ?
- yard2010 3y ago
  Not cp but I would say it's the scale and timeframes
  - CharlieDigital 3y ago
    I came to post the same. Computers and the Internet evolved over decades before what we would recognize as modern computers. Their first use cases were mathematical, scientific, and business oriented (word processing, financial models, etc.). It took decades for mass adoption and wider use cases to evolve. Sure, there were many cracks that had to fixed along the way (malware, botnets, privacy, piracy, distribution channel for illicit materials, environmental cost, etc.), but none of those things manifest in a timeline remotely close to what we see with gen AI seemingly reaching widespread adoption in a short ~24 mo. time period. The advancement has been so fast, that the real-world guardrails haven't had any time to catch up before the next advancement completely changes the playing field. Prime example is that Will Smith spaghetti video to Sora within months. Now we have AI denying care[0] to patients and generating deepfake porn[1] of celebrities, coworkers, and even minors. What are the lines we should draw as a society? It moves so fast that even knowing what the right discussion context is can be a challenge because the endpoints have shifted by the time we even understand the problem enough to have a constructive conversation. The socioeconomic impacts in some industries where AI can replaces workers will be tremendously negative for real-world, flesh-and-blood human beings who may not be ready or in a position to adapt to those changes. There is some postulation that the Arab Spring arose out of the effects of climate change on crop failures[3]. How will such a sudden and massive shift in employment and household income combined with other macroeconomic factors like inflation and housing costs affect the stability of society and social unrest? Don't get me wrong: this is not an argument against AI because certainly, if AI can do those jobs better, faster, and more efficiently, then why not? But rather as a community and society, we also need to understand the wider consequences of wiping out employment of 90% of the people in a given field of industry and what that looks like for our friends, families, neighbors. [0] https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/ https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate... [1] https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/03/04/deepfake-porn-videos-surging-in-greece https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/03/04/deepfake-porn-video... [3] https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1PH23A/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1PH23A/

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synergy20 3y ago

very informative,thanks!

devinprater 3y ago

I really hope that communities could build their own AI. For example, GPT-4-turbo doesn't get keyboard navigation for blind people right in just about any conversation. Why Microsoft made a chat bot for this very purpose of serving people with disabilities, I don't know. It's not even 100% accessible, the web app anyway. So, if we could train our own AI's, and multi-modal models, on how to help us, how to describe things, or even the kinds of media we each like, that'd be amazing!

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Ntuthuko_hlela 3y ago

This is amazing, thank you!

williamzeng0 3y ago

This is great, thanks for making it!