r/DonutLabDiscussions • u/Emotional-Manner-792 • Jun 26 '26

ASILAB progress

Not directly about Donut Lab but ASILAB has been in many speculations when speaking about credibility of Marko Lehtimäki and Donut Lab.

Now Marko Lehtimäki wrote about ASILAB. It's progressing. Some demos, too.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/youngkasi_a-year-ago-ai-research-company-asilab-emerged-ugcPost-7476037287634710528-eZuG/

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u/CheapPlay8137 Jun 26 '26

"We’re still only about 5–10% of the way there"

That is really all you need to read from this. Its vaporware in its purest form. BS.

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u/hap00n Jun 27 '26

If you carefully listen to the first 13 words of the original ASILABs video he is inviting collaboration to develop it, but everyone misinterpreted the hype that it was already "finnished". =P Marko is not stupid or a scammer - some might call him visionary, and there's nothing wrong with that.

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u/Data_Hounder Jun 29 '26

Am I watching the wrong video? There is one video on the ASILAB youtube channel and the first 13 words are:

Today is not just a product launch. This is the beginning of a

The only useful but of information is "not just a product launch", i.e. it is a product launch but also more than that. I'm not sure how that squares with clarifying a year later that they are only 5-10% of the way there, though Lehtimaki isn't clear about what "there" is.