This is spam.

There are hundreds of these "free databases", and I get daily emails from the owners of these things asking me to "list my tool for a small fee". They all have different mechanics. "Boost your visibility", "turn off norefer", etc.

There's a race to build AI tools, but there's also a race to sell tools (and marketing).

I didn't see any ads so I was wondering what the angle was...a race to be an AI billboard I guess.

Everyone is trying to become definitive. Traffic now, rank, monetize later.

There are SO many of these efforts.

Selling shovels to the people selling shovels

It's extremely low effort so even if just a tiny % pays it's still very lucrative.

Twitter and social are also listing tons of these "You've heard of chatGPT but these are the next ...", half these posts look like clones of each other but they all seem to have a huge amount of shares.

I remember del.icio.us from a long time ago was chocked full of top 100 lists, for example giant directories of free OCW courses. Stuff no one ever goes through, but everyone feels like they have to bookmark to go through it later.

If you made this - the footer at the bottom of the site is unusable because of the infinite scroll.

Any guesses on the average lifespan of the tools on these lists? I'd bet 25% of them are already non functional. 1% have any shot at popularity / profitability. I'd say 90% will be gone within the next 8 to 12 months - including this site itself. And that's being generous.

That's my observation. I run a relatively popular software marketplace/directory where people submit and present their software products. AI related tools is hottest topic for sure. However, as you've guessed, many of them are either disfunctioning or seem to be abandoned.

To me, it's like a gold rush where everyone is trying their luck. My expectations - a small portion will make it, and then they will be acquired by the "whales".

I'm guessing many of these aren't legitimate to start with. Two of those copy writing tools with different names are using the same promotional picture with the same lady.

This is probably the 50th 'list of AI tools' that I have seen here which does almost exactly the same as the rest of them, with 90% of the tools showcased going bust in the next 8 years.

The grift continues, replicating itself as we observe the great race to zero.

Someone please make a “list of AI tools lists” website

https://bearchip.com is another one, but with better search.

I'm creating one with a job board, tools, awesome GitHub projects, research paper, and hopefully an awesome search powered by gpt, namely you will be able to ask questions from the aggregate of all ai research papers we index. It'll also feature a marketplace for bots and services related to ai and automation... also investment data. An API so it's an actual database, ie all the data can be repurposed, etc.

More proof that people tend to upvote titles without checking the actual page.

My favorites tools are the ones that say, "ChatGPT is a thing of the past, this new AI chatbot is insane and will blow your mind! Powered by OpenAI".

InSAnE!11

How is this different than future tools and futerepedia? Do we really need another one?

I'm getting a familiar vibe, similar to when I used to browse through one of those 100-in-1 Gameboy Color game cartridges.

most of these are incredibly optimistic. "Fake it 'till you make it" crap

Is there one of these directory style sites that does a decent job of user recommendations so that the best tools float to the top?