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AIGrant: Get $5,000 for your open source AI project

by orph on 4/11/17, 4:34 PM with 37 comments

  • by natfriedman on 4/11/17, 4:54 PM

    Hi HN! I'm happy to answer any questions. I'm also open to feedback if there are suggestions.

    I was inspired to try this experiment by Nadia Eghbal's grant program: https://medium.com/@nayafia/5-000-no-strings-attached-9e7b95...

  • by orsenthil on 4/11/17, 7:18 PM

    What I find surprisingly appealing is, the open source heroes that I grew up with, nat friedman in this case, are pushing towards AI / deep-learning. It feels as if "hackers", who previously flocking towards open-source software are gravitating towards AI, stats, machine learning etc.

    I am open to scurry along and move to this new place where the cheese is.

  • by pvsukale3 on 4/11/17, 5:26 PM

    What if applicant personally doesn't have any previous experience with AI-related technologies. But has a strong affinity towards learning them. Also If he/she has a really good idea.Will it be okay? or the ones with previous experience will be preferred?
  • by jostmey on 4/11/17, 7:45 PM

    I just submitted my application. Would it be possible to add a notification that the application has been successfully submitted? Perhaps that is not possible with the package you are using.
  • by whitten on 4/12/17, 12:05 AM

    Has anybody looked at ThoughtTreasure? Since Nat is willing to accept updates to Open Source Software, this amazing code base would be a good start of AI related stuff. It really could use a better user interface to its databases, for example. Or a tie to WikiData. There are several good things that could be added to it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThoughtTreasure

  • by wonderous on 4/11/17, 8:56 PM

    @Nat: Any thoughts on a project using AI to do real-time noise reduction, signal identification, and signal extraction in a controlled environment?

    To get an idea of what a more complex version would look like, which is closed source, see:

    http://cyphercorp.com

  • by fchollet on 4/11/17, 8:37 PM

    Great initiative! Always good to see more support for open-source and for AI tooling.
  • by mysterydip on 4/11/17, 7:58 PM

    Are you looking for more academic/business/cloud cases, or would advancements in game AI be an option as well?
  • by toufka on 4/11/17, 10:40 PM

    Kind of a loaded question, but what do you mean by 'AI' other than developing an algorithm that makes a computer look 'smart'?
  • by markovbling on 4/11/17, 5:58 PM

    Very cool!
  • by finid on 4/11/17, 7:13 PM

    Mind doing the same for hardware projects using an open source OS?

    A pal I know could use half of that just to set up the legal structure of his outfit.