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ThisIsAI

A site demonstrating predictive AI with custom-built code that structures sentences and creates trained models based on word frequency

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link
thisisai.vercel.app
Built by
DoniVerse

Bloat

76/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

ThisIsAI is a live weekend-build demo that teaches how simple next-word prediction works, and it does work as described. It is explicitly a learning project with no payment path, no distinct user need, and nothing hard to copy, and the creator stopped working on it after four days.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

A learning toy with no identified paying user or market; the creator frames it as an educational weekend project.

8/100

Rubric 0–20No clear problem or user. A toy, a practice clone, or a solution looking for a problem.

Receipts (3)

  1. Creator calls it an educational project and says they are stopping work on it to move to another weekend idea.

    “ThisIsAI I made an update. I added a feature to demonstrate incremental learning. Meaning it expands it knowledge from your input. If you also hover over each section it will give you a description in a blurb box. It has been one of the most educational projects I ever worked on. The hovering blurb is also a component I engineered from the ground up without watching a tutorial so that was cool”

    Post · @doniverse · 23 Mar 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Positioned as a demonstration of how predictive AI works, not as a solution for a defined customer.

    “http://thisisai.vercel.app/ Welcome to ThisIsAI, a site that demonstrates the working of a predictive artificial intelligence. Here, you can experience first-hand how AI systems learn from patterns and relationships in data, and use that knowledge to make predictions about what comes next. ThisIsAI uses a custom-built code that de-structures sentences provided by users into words, and creates a t”

    Post · @doniverse · 19 Mar 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. The live page is just a feed-text and train-model box with sample sentences, no pricing or user-facing offer.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · thisisai.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

A word-frequency next-word predictor is a classic exercise that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

4/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. The core is custom code that counts words and the words that follow them, a simple Markov-style approach.

    “http://thisisai.vercel.app/ Welcome to ThisIsAI, a site that demonstrates the working of a predictive artificial intelligence. Here, you can experience first-hand how AI systems learn from patterns and relationships in data, and use that knowledge to make predictions about what comes next. ThisIsAI uses a custom-built code that de-structures sentences provided by users into words, and creates a t”

    Post · @doniverse · 19 Mar 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. The creator highlights learning and a hand-built hover component, which are craft rather than defensibility.

    “ThisIsAI I made an update. I added a feature to demonstrate incremental learning. Meaning it expands it knowledge from your input. If you also hover over each section it will give you a description in a blurb box. It has been one of the most educational projects I ever worked on. The hovering blurb is also a component I engineered from the ground up without watching a tutorial so that was cool”

    Post · @doniverse · 23 Mar 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

Worked on across four days in March 2023 and untouched for over three years since; the creator said they would stop after the last update.

0/100

  • Sustained shipping0/60

    Worked on across 4 days.

  • Consistency0/40

    Updates in 1 of 1 month.

  • Quiet

    No update for 1293 days — scaled to 20%.

Receipts (2)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “http://thisisai.vercel.app/ Welcome to ThisIsAI, a site that demonstrates the working of a predictive artificial intelligence. Here, you can experience first-hand how AI systems learn from patterns and relationships in data, and use that knowledge to make predictions about what comes next. ThisIsAI uses a custom-built code that de-structures sentences provided by users into words, and creates a t”

    Post · @doniverse · 19 Mar 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Most recent post about it.

    “ThisIsAI I made an update. I added a feature to demonstrate incremental learning. Meaning it expands it knowledge from your input. If you also hover over each section it will give you a description in a blurb box. It has been one of the most educational projects I ever worked on. The hovering blurb is also a component I engineered from the ground up without watching a tutorial so that was cool”

    Post · @doniverse · 23 Mar 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A real, working demo is live on Vercel and does what it says, but it is thin: no accounts, docs, or backend beyond the in-page model, and it was reported buggy on mobile.

51/100

  • It's live20/20

    http://thisisai.vercel.app/ responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product25/35

    The demo works and is live: users feed sentences, train a model, and get predictions, with incremental learning added. It is thin, single-purpose, and was reported buggy on mobile.

  • Own home0/10

    Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2023-03-23.

  • Operations1/15

    A static-style site on Vercel with no accounts, docs, API, status page, or second platform.

Receipts (5)

  1. http://thisisai.vercel.app/ responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · thisisai.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. The live page shows the feed/train interface with example sentences loaded.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · thisisai.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. Update added incremental learning, hover descriptions, and a 'This can't take my job' page with animated slides.

    “ThisIsAI I made an update. I added a feature to demonstrate incremental learning. Meaning it expands it knowledge from your input. If you also hover over each section it will give you a description in a blurb box. It has been one of the most educational projects I ever worked on. The hovering blurb is also a component I engineered from the ground up without watching a tutorial so that was cool”

    Post · @doniverse · 23 Mar 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Creator admits it is buggy on mobile.

    “http://thisisai.vercel.app/ Welcome to ThisIsAI, a site that demonstrates the working of a predictive artificial intelligence. Here, you can experience first-hand how AI systems learn from patterns and relationships in data, and use that knowledge to make predictions about what comes next. ThisIsAI uses a custom-built code that de-structures sentences provided by users into words, and creates a t”

    Post · @doniverse · 19 Mar 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  5. Crawler facts show no accounts, docs, status page, repo or store links.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · thisisai.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

It sits on a free subdomain with no payments, pricing, policies, or support, and the creator treats it as a finished learning exercise, so there is no path to sustaining it.

13/100

  • Distribution12/30

    A site on a free subdomain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    No mention of customers, revenue, or any way to pay.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment1/20

    One-person weekend project; the creator explicitly stopped after four days, with no team, roadmap, or dedicated community.

Receipts (4)

  1. A site on a free subdomain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · thisisai.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. No payment provider or pricing found on the site.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · thisisai.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. States they are going to stop working on it and move to another weekend project.

    “ThisIsAI I made an update. I added a feature to demonstrate incremental learning. Meaning it expands it knowledge from your input. If you also hover over each section it will give you a description in a blurb box. It has been one of the most educational projects I ever worked on. The hovering blurb is also a component I engineered from the ground up without watching a tutorial so that was cool”

    Post · @doniverse · 23 Mar 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Promised fixes and more features within the week, but only one update followed.

    “http://thisisai.vercel.app/ Welcome to ThisIsAI, a site that demonstrates the working of a predictive artificial intelligence. Here, you can experience first-hand how AI systems learn from patterns and relationships in data, and use that knowledge to make predictions about what comes next. ThisIsAI uses a custom-built code that de-structures sentences provided by users into words, and creates a t”

    Post · @doniverse · 19 Mar 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)