tl;dr: Historically, general approaches always win in AI. Founders in AI application space now repeat the mistakes AI researchers made in the past. Better AI models will enable general purpose AI applications. At the same time, the added value of the software around the AI model will diminish. Recent AI progress has enabled new products that solve a broad range of problems. I saw this firsthand watching over 100 pitches during YC alumni Demo Day. These problems share a common thread - they’re ...