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I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea

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851 points swyx | 3 comments | 18 Jan 21 20:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.404s | source
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extrememacaroni ◴[18 Jan 21 21:19 UTC] No.25826762[source]▶
This reminds me of an idea I had days ago of using an AI to tell poisonous mushrooms from edible ones apart, from photos.

Then I realized I don't want to be responsible for anyone's death.

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1. syntaxing ◴[18 Jan 21 21:27 UTC] No.25826840[source]▶
What if you limited the range from I don’t know if it’s poisonous to X% likely poisonous vs is/is not poisonous?
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2. eropple ◴[18 Jan 21 21:31 UTC] No.25826887[source]▶
People empirically do not understand probability in a useful way. Folks will, in aggregate, read that as "X% poisonous", not "X% chance to be kill you."

"Oh, that's only 25%, it'll be fiiine."

3. byecomputer ◴[18 Jan 21 21:59 UTC] No.25827174[source]▶
Even if you can avoid being liable for it, I'd think most people wouldn't want someone's death hanging over their head for reasons beyond the legal.