OpenAI’s GPT-3 generated 5 ideas for viral Indie Hackers posts
I recently gained access to GPT-3 through YCombinator. I’ve felt the full spectrum of reactions so far - from amusement to confusion to complete and total amazement.
Today I asked it for 5 viral post ideas for Indie Hackers. This was one of the more mind-blowing responses for me and I wanted to share it.
I seeded it with the following:
IndieHackers is a community of bootstrapped founders of software companies. Founders post in the IndieHackers forum with stories from their startup, advice, and things that they've learned. People appreciate posts that are honest and insightful. Here are 5 viral post ideas:
GPT-3 spat out the following (this is copy/pasted and completely unedited):
- Write about your great idea
You don't have to launch a finished product to become a successful IndieHacker. If you have a great idea for an app, write about the problem it solves and why people will use it.
- Launch something and write about your experience
A lot of people want to launch a product, but never do it. If you've launched a product, write about the lessons you've learned. What did you do right? What did you do wrong? What should you do differently next time?
- Tell your story
Everyone has a story. What's yours? What motivated you to start your startup? What's your background? How long have you been working on it? What's your personal philosophy? What's your outlook on the future? How did you get the idea for your startup? What hurdles have you overcome? How did you find your co-founders? How did your co-founders help you? What have you learned? What's one thing that you wish you knew when you started?
- Ask for help
Founders are generous people. They want to help other founders. If you're stuck on something, ask for help in the IndieHackers forum. People will respond with advice and encouragement.
- Share something that you've learned
When you're trying to solve a hard problem, you learn a lot. Share something that you've learned from your experience.
Hi Tim,
We recently built https://ansy.ai/, it is a Discord bot that will answer community questions based on chat history of public channels. Cool way to save time of mods. We launched it on Product Hunt as well. https://www.producthunt.com/posts/ansy-ai . Do check us out and let us know what you think.Your feedback will be super helpful.
I want to keep testing its limits - what are some things you'd like to see with GPT-3?
Hi Tim, are you still experimenting with GPT-3? I'd love to chat and ask some advice.
No I'm not really. It was pretty much just a couple days when I first got access of messing around with the playground.
Not sure how helpful I'd be but feel free to shoot me a message if you'd like.
Thanks Tim, I'll send you an email