[qup]

Copy an existing idea in a space that has several competitors. This means you know there are customers and they will pay for the service.

Change something to make it better, or at least change something to make it your own flavor.

Choose something you think is very exciting or cool, it will be easier to work on.

Don't worry about copying them. You don't need to invent a new idea.

[james-revisoai]

Not great advice in a world of ChatGPT at your fingertips.

You generate race-to-the-bottoms like the ChatPDF tools by leaning into easy to copy areas that online popularity highlights, rather than your gut feel around problems - how many of those existing ideas competing with ChatGPT for example are still online 3 months after many launched in Dec/Jan/Feb/March? Check theresanaiforthat, and even though they remove dead pages, under QA(or I think it's now a new catagory depending on the aggregator tool) you will see many dead ones, either outright no site any more or they do not work. Second issue: From my experience, it doesn't feel good to do this so you'll lose motivation...

[carlosjobim]

An AI cannot charge money from customers. ChatGPT can't open a bank account or a Stripe account to receive payment from clients. If you actually sell something online instead of trying to make money with ads, you are going to be okay for a long time ahead.

Edit: And another Bible quote that I'd like to add in this creepy AI age:

"The dead do not speak"

[anandnair]

Why should people choose this instead of the competitor if it's a copy?

[qup]

Because they found this one. It was marketed to them.

[schwartzworld]

Just remember, Oreos were a ripoff of another popular cookie, Hydrox. Now, most people consider Hydrox to be off-brand Oreos, if they even know about them at all. Originality is overrated.