[GianFabien]

Innovative products are the result of the application of software engineering to solving problems in specific domains. CS/SE papers are focused on theory and gaming the academic system, i.e. getting grant monies.

If you want to create a profit generating product, then study up in some non-IT domain, understand the most pressing problems and solve one that current technology renders feasible. For example, the principles of generative text systems was conceived back in the 1950s. It wasn't until GPGPUs became sufficiently capable that the implementation of the theories became feasible.

[Eric_BB]

Interesting take. I also think this one can be combined with cutting-edge technologies. For example, the papers ‘Spellburst’, ‘Natural Language is All a Graph Needs’, and ‘Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior’ gave me a lot of ideas that can be used in a non-IT domain. In general, I am looking for a way to find more of those easily and quickly.