[ColinWright]

I'd love to see more information about what this actually does, what it works on, and when it will be available. At the moment, with my cynics hat on, I'm assuming it's vaporware and that they're testing to see if there's a market by seeing how many people bite.

Can anyone confirm that it's real? Maybe I'm just a nasty, suspicious old bastard.

[allanhahaha]

Thanks for being interested. We are building Semi, and will definitely give it a birth in the near future.

While we are working on it, we launched this site to gather those people who have the same passion about AI stuff as we do. We want to get connected and to see how people think about it, and make Semi to be the best virtual assistant of the future together.

This is real and it's coming.

[subverting]

What's the problem if it isn't made yet?

This is a better strategy, see if theres a big enough market. They're also building the list so that their launch will be good and they don't have to spam it everywhere else, they just alert the people who already expressed interest.

There's nothing wrong with finding demand first, smart startups do this all the time.

[ColinWright]

Personally, I'm thoroughly fed up of the tactic. So many things look interesting, and then never see the light of day. Once bitten, twice shy, I don't bite any more.

Speaking with some of my friends and colleagues, I'm not the only one.