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Comment by LargeWu

2 hours ago

Does Pion run Andon Labs autonomously?

haha no they admit they built it because they cannot build a revenue generating business in the article. maybe THAT is what is good for the world!

  • They said that the current models could run a vending machine profitably, just not more complex things.

Downvote if you want, but this is a very relevant question. If their marketing is to be believed, they would be eating their own dog food.

This very analog to the Meta executives who won't let their own kids near social media.

  • there seems to be a massive negativity to any comment on this story. Andolabs has been doing super interesting stuff, and I’ve always followed Vend Bench with interest.

    as a founder it really is a dream to automated more of the business and be able to iterate faster.

    • There's massive negativity because our bullshit detectors are going off.

      First of all, I don't think it can do what it claims to do.

      Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, I don't think it should.

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    • They filed a false report to the FBI, pretty fair to be negative imo. People wanna be mad about AI slop PRs on GitHub but its fine to spam the police? What happens when Pion decides to SWAT a competitor?

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  • It's a relevant question but not a "gotcha". Businesses are not equivalent in complexity and no one at Andon would claim that running an effective vending machine business is similar to running Apple or Jane Street. There is some level of complexity and other characteristics that AI can maybe handle today. That doesn't mean CEOs should be worried about their jobs more generally.