[HN Gopher] Patterns is building a platform to abstract away dat...
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       Patterns is building a platform to abstract away data science
       busywork
        
       Author : webmaven
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2023-03-11 14:04 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | hattermat wrote:
       | "Patterns is the platform for any exec looking to prepare for the
       | new world of AI, stay ahead of the transformation it will bring
       | to their business and start building core AI features into their
       | product and operations," Van Haren told TechCrunch in an email
       | interview. "We help companies to handle the incredible rate of
       | progress of AI, which involves adapting to new models and
       | paradigms quickly."
       | 
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       | 
       | But how?
        
         | nerdponx wrote:
         | Plus there are also already a million AI/ML platform services
         | that claim to make this or that task easier or faster.
         | Meanwhile "auto ML" stuff has been simmering for years,
         | performing automated feature and model architecture search.
         | What exactly does _this_ one do?
        
       | edgyquant wrote:
       | Not sure the author understands what busywork is. It isn't
       | "tedious" work, it's "work that doesn't matter/has little value
       | but we want to keep people busy."
        
         | idrios wrote:
         | This is a pedantic criticism, the sentiment of reducing tedious
         | work isn't lost by the current title.
        
       | notamy wrote:
       | Serious question:
       | 
       | The title says "Patterns is building a platform to abstract away
       | _data science busywork_ ," but the article body then says
       | "Patterns, a platform that abstracts away _AI model engineering_.
       | "
       | 
       | That doesn't seem like the same thing at all. Am I just out of
       | the loop on what data science is these days?
        
       | Palmik wrote:
       | This looks really polished. Patterns Studio App could empower a
       | lot of non-technical users.
       | 
       | How do you plan to position yourself next to Scale's Spellbook,
       | Vellum or others?
        
       | classified wrote:
       | New startup idea: Building an LLM to do all your ML work for you.
        
       | adeelk93 wrote:
       | At a glance this looks like closed-source langchain - is that a
       | fair comparison?
        
         | cstanley wrote:
         | Founder here, our core product is workflow software and
         | infrastructure.
         | 
         | We love langchain, you can run it in Patterns actually!
        
       | optimalsolver wrote:
       | Relevant XKCD:
       | 
       | https://xkcd.com/2054/
        
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