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YC is wrong about LLMs for chip design

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317 points laserduck | 2 comments | 16 Nov 24 14:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fsndz ◴[16 Nov 24 17:05 UTC] No.42157451[source]▶
They want to throw LLMs at everything even if it does not make sense. Same is true for all the AI agent craze: https://medium.com/thoughts-on-machine-learning/langchains-s...
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xbmcuser ◴[16 Nov 24 17:49 UTC] No.42157733[source]▶
yes thats how we progress this is how the internet boom happened as well everything became . com then the real workable businesses were left and all the unworkable things were gone.

Recently I came across some one advertising an LLM to generate fashion magazine shoot in Pakistan at 20-25% of the cost. It hit me then that they are undercutting the fashion shoot of country like Pakistan which is already cheaper by 90-95% from most western countries. This AI is replacing the work of 10-20 people.

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1. startupsfail ◴[16 Nov 24 18:02 UTC] No.42157835[source]▶
The annoying part, a lot of money could be funneled into these unworkable businesses in the process, crypto being a good example. And these unworkable businesses tend to try to continue getting their way into the money somehow regardless. Most recent example was funneling money from Russia into Trump’s campaign.
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2. bubaumba ◴[16 Nov 24 18:23 UTC] No.42158046[source]▶
> The annoying part, a lot of money could be funneled into these unworkable businesses in the process, crypto being a good example

There was a thread here about why ycombinator invests into several competing startups. The answer is success is often more about connections and politics than the product itself. And crypto, yes, is a good example of this. Musk will get his $1B in bitcoins back for sure.

> Most recent example was funneling money from Russia into Trump’s campaign.

Musk again?