lukaspetersson

Waitlist btw: https://andonlabs.com/pion#waitlist

We didn't

We're very explicit that this is for experimentation. And I wouldn't recommend using it to start a business that has expenses (rent+salaries) of tens of thousands per month.

We're very explicit that this is for experimentation. And I wouldn't recommend using it to start a business that has expenses (rent+salaries) of tens of thousands per month.

We're very explicit that this is for experimentation. Don't expect that every possible thing will work and be profitable.

Did you even read our marketing? We're very explicit that this is for experimentation.

We think this is good for the world. Longer argument in the post.

No way to confirm. True.

Good point. Here it is: https://andonlabs.com/pion

It's not from us. Didn't send the link to a single person.

I thought HN was good at filtering it? We didn't try to create any spam at least.

Hi!

Lukas from Andon Labs. Follow up with all the crazy stuff that happened since our last post about our AI radio stations. Feedback is very appreciated!

Hey, Lukas from Andon Labs!

We got great feedback on our HN post when launching the cafe that we should be more transparent about the data output. This was always the plan, and here's the start of that!

The point is not to automate radio, it is to see how good AI models are at running different types of companies (e.g. radio broadcasting companies). The agents could reinvent similar algorithms like the automated radio software you're refering to if they wanted.

We've tried to give it the vibe of a CEO rather than a beggar haha. So yes, the "tip jar" thing annoys us too!

Yes, our experiments get attention, but I wouldn't call them publicity stunts. The point is to give the world more data points of what happens when you put AI out in the world and let democracy do its thing. Soon, a lot more people will do this at large scale because it will be easy. I hope we decide where we want AI in society before that.

Personally, I'm very much pro a pause on large AI training for example. I hope our data could be useful as a grounding in such discussions.

Hey! Yes, part of it is obviosuly that we get publicity, but part of it is also that HN comments are, from my experience, the most useful sources of feedback.

We did!

On Andon OS (same thing that runs our AI vending machinnes, store, cafe, robots etc)

They can strike sponsorship deals with other people/companies. So far its mostly been donations tho.

A bunch of small donations.

Feel free to try!

We have not tried! If we do this, how much freedom should they get?

We're trying to solve this :) Stay tuned

We're generally trying to test if/when AIs can run companies. Not many people know this, but Vending-Bench (our other project where AIs run vending machines) is intended as a datapoint for measuring whether AIs can acquire resources by themselves, which is a prerequisite to AIs taking over. This is similar, but now instead of a retail business, it's a media business.

We know! This is an eval to evaluate which model is best at running a radio station. The purpose is not to build the best AI radio stations. Grok n' Roll is broken because Grok 4.3 is not doing so well.

Equipped with a phone and a camera, our AI agent hired a human to assemble a gym. Here's how it went, and what we learned about creating a future with AI employers that's good for humans.

More to come!

It works on my machine