How do you feel about the majority of products featured on PH being AI?
English is not my main language, so bear with me :) I used to be a daily user of PH. Not as a contributor, but a lurker. I loved to discover new apps, services, ideas... However, after a couple of years of not using the platform, I returned only to find that an overwhelming majority of the products are just... AI.
Not necessarily saying I'm against AI products. That's a debate in itself, and not the point I'm trying to make. I'm just pointing out that there doesn't seem to be a lot of products or ideas around that:
a) Aren't an AI-centered/driven product
or b) Don't use AI as a catchphrase to either grab people's attention or make the product seem better/more innovative/up to date
Some launches just appear to be AI products followed by AI-written replies. The platform feels less human sometimes. Also, what happened to products that aren't oriented to developers/other founders? Maybe that's the route PH has taken, and it's no longer the place for someone like me, who's into tech but not a programmer or founder! I'm sure there's examples of non-AI products, but I think we can all agree that the AI-catchphrase products are the most prevalent.
What are your thoughts on this? Been thinking about this for some time and I'd love to know what others think!
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AI was a differentiator for a while. But now it is just expected to be there as part of a product. I built something that uses AI heavily to deliver the result, but when creating and writing the marketing copy, I chose not to mention AI at all in the primary copy. It just isn't as important or relevant as the function it serves. I would rather talk about the thing it does, without the buzzword.
To misquote Sean Parker's character in the Social Network: "Drop the AI, it's cleaner."