27 comments

  • bensyverson 1 hour ago
    This idea reads like a joke, but there's something to it.

    One feature request: In addition to high-level milestones, it would be cool if a partially-funded project would generate a public, highly detailed implementation plan.

    Also, IANAL but MIT is still a license with a copyright holder. I don't think saying "it's MIT, we all own it" is defensible. The courts might view all this code as public domain.

  • parliament32 51 minutes ago
    I love how even the "demo build" doesn't work. https://fablepool.com/projects/7

    Rather, it did work at milestone 14, but then regressed at milestone 15, where it changed the link from a wikimedia image to a nonexistent file in /assets (despite still having the "Photo via Wikimedia Commons" caption).

    edit: they removed it :^)

    • CobrastanJorji 9 minutes ago
      If you check "DEPLOYMENT.md," there is a lengthy list of deployment instructions for the app, and it includes creating an assets folder and putting an image of Claude Shannon in it. There are also other instructions, like "please make a favicon." So I think that bit is valid, the AI is simply farming out work to the human agent.

      My question, though, is why the "Live, public build log" only showing up to milestone 3, but the artifacts go up to milestone 15? And there are different index.html pages in the artifacts list, one for milestone 14 and one for milestone 15? Are there different conceptions of "milestone" in here? What's up with that?

  • nine_k 1 hour ago
    Hear me out: the same idea, but hire live developers.

    (Given the price of tokens, it can even be not entirely a joke.)

    • bcjordan 30 minutes ago
      This was a pre-LLM YC startup AssemblyMade which was basically this
    • skeledrew 1 hour ago
      Not affordable, unless the devs are in somewhere like Vietnam. And there's still no way they can build as fast. And still, at that price point, quality would be highly questionable. So yh this doesn't survive beyond the joke stage.
      • nine_k 1 hour ago
        The mention of quality puts it firmly into the joke territory, indeed.
    • electronsoup 1 hour ago
      If you put that behind an API, you could sell the service much like the AI providers
      • satvikpendem 1 hour ago
        And then get sued for fraud and go under, like Builder.ai
        • fragmede 1 hour ago
          What if, and I know this is utterly batshit insane to suggest, but what if we don't lie about what we're doing?
    • tptacek 41 minutes ago
      I don't understand how that would not be a complete joke even if tokens were 2 orders of magnitude more expensive than they are.
    • sailingparrot 1 hour ago
      Thats called Kickstarter
    • dboreham 10 minutes ago
      Fable will actually finish the job.
    • cortesoft 29 minutes ago
      how expensive do you think tokens are, and/or how cheap do you think a developer is?
    • a1o 42 minutes ago
      It can work for students as a grant
  • itintheory 3 minutes ago
    They should have called this "WishingWell". I'm wishing them well, but some of these projects are so over the top pie-in-the-sky silly, and funded with $0.25.
  • GodelNumbering 7 minutes ago
    "Solve Garbage Collection in C# for HFT · $10.00 raised of est. $200.00 target"

    This can't be serious.

    Broader point I am making is, what differentiates genuine ideas from the token burn? What happens when the pool exhausts but the task is not done?

    • bethekidyouwant 1 minute ago
      You keep putting money into the slot and pulling the lever
  • fuddle 1 hour ago
    I feel like using Fable in the name is a mistake, who knows how long that model will be around.
    • CobrastanJorji 7 minutes ago
      I don't think using the name Fable is wrong, but I think a pool of Fables should be called a Grimm, or possibly an Aesop.
    • an0malous 52 minutes ago
      You could call it aiproductsexchange.com
      • andrewstuart2 48 minutes ago
        Bold move leaving out the dash between words a la experts-exchange lol.
    • vlovich123 1 hour ago
      It's how they name classes of models, presumably this implies something about the relative quantization / size of model, not about the specific performance. E.g. Fabel 5 will be better than Opus 5, better than Sonnet 5, etc. The 5 is the version number of the particular iteration / training run at this class of model.
      • pseudocoup 52 minutes ago
        I think they mean: I feel like using [Sonnet/Opus/Fable] in the name [URL] is a mistake, who knows how long that model will be around
    • aaronbrethorst 1 hour ago
  • TrueGeek 1 hour ago
    So the completed sample was estimated at $0.35, actually cost $0.52, but spend $0.55

    This bot is almost as bad as I am at estimating projects.

    • pitched 38 minutes ago
      Did it not charge anything for the estimation itself? I wonder what model they’re using for that
    • MeetingsBrowser 39 minutes ago
      > Build a completely greenroom, open source AWS

      > est. total target $516.00

      Lol

      • pitched 33 minutes ago
        A lot of AWS is built on open-source. This is obviously ignoring hardware costs. I don’t know if it is all that ridiculous anymore. These models are very good at wiring together open-source systems. The world is crazy right now…
  • xpct 1 hour ago
    Before putting in money to this small anonymous website, I'd love to hear about the people behind the project. There's a single mention of 'Barras Industries', but not much mention about them online, or what else they've worked on.
  • throwthrowuknow 7 minutes ago
    Like DeFi but for agencies.
  • brikym 37 minutes ago
    I think the bottleneck is testing. I want to build a replacement for Zwift, a virtual gym game for bike trainers and treadmills, but testing it could be difficult without a real person on real hardware. How does the LLM know about the hardware protocols and stuff like that.
  • raincole 24 minutes ago
    Man, I really hope this kind of effort could be put into auditing the security situation of open source projects (via Mythos or not.)
  • alchemist1e9 7 minutes ago
    Cypherpunks will be proud once there is a version of this cryptocurrency funded to providers receiving the cryptocurrency.

    Or maybe there is? or a version where only those funding have access to the results.

  • 3adk1a 51 minutes ago
    Everything turns into a computer game and entertainment.

    Maybe add a "Build a worm that shuts down all Anthropic data centers."

    • pitched 32 minutes ago
      This, unfortunately, gets flagged for cyber and you would need to be on the unlocked Mythos.
  • xyzsparetimexyz 1 hour ago
    Fantastic idea for a rug pull
  • evanwolf 1 hour ago
    Kinda fun but the approach today is strictly oneshot. Waiting for agentswithwallets to post.
  • 0xferruccio 37 minutes ago
    This is a genius idea, I love it!!
  • stonesy88 49 minutes ago
    Brilliant idea! We need consensus protocols for voting on phases. Similar to the "twitch" plays Pokemon phenomenom.
  • suddenlybananas 1 hour ago
    https://fablepool.com/projects/7 It didn't even put a picture in!
  • keyle 1 hour ago
    This is literally an idea by the primegean on his YouTube under predictions. Self prophecy really with his reach but credit where it's due?
  • skeledrew 1 hour ago
    Is this the new open source?
  • Eridrus 1 hour ago
    Hell yeah, $516 for a complete AWS replacement, I'm in lol!
    • ____tom____ 37 minutes ago
      Reminds of the four college kids that were going to clone Facebook. Turns out it's hard than it looks, if you have never tried it.
    • MeetingsBrowser 36 minutes ago
      I wonder how the estimates are being created.

      I doubt an LLM would estimate an AWS rewrite to cost $500.

  • johnwheeler 1 hour ago
    This is a good idea and for features and modifications you can make it so whoever chips in the most money gets more votes.

    This is one of those ideas that sounds bad on paper (Like people renting out their houses. But if implemented correctly could get some traction.

  • colesantiago 1 hour ago
    This is a fantastic idea.

    There are lots of projects, software that shouldn't be SaaS subscriptions that Fable can build in public that can be free for everyone and also OSS.

  • Lupara 1 hour ago
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  • orliesaurus 37 minutes ago
    Ok who wants to pool up to build GTA 7? /s
  • MattyLinky 1 hour ago
    This is such a good idea. Hell yeah
  • JohnMakin 29 minutes ago
    "I want an open source AWS" with $500 budget made me guffaw
    • squidsoup 15 minutes ago
      OpenStack already exists
    • LearnYouALisp 15 minutes ago
      "I have a turbofan model, pls build an Airbus" sounds about right