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Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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> Struggling to start boring or complicated tasks? This is absolutely absurd. If we are reaching a point in society where we need an "AI Coach" to help us do boring and repetitive tasks, it means we have become true cogs in the machine whose sole purpose is to further technology. How is it that after all this fancy stuff like advanced computers, we are still working on mindless, repetitive tasks? And in fact they see…

To be fair, you added "repetitive", the text said "complicated". Also "writing a shopping list for a party" can be boring (or at least I might definitely enjoy some external support), it doesn't turn me into a cog of the "system", or does it?

> Also "writing a shopping list for a party" can be boring (or at least I might definitely enjoy some external support), it doesn't turn me into a cog of the "system", or does it?

It is a step in that direction. It is one tiny step to making you less dependent on others. Yes, that single step may not seem like much, but over time, it transforms the social act of a party further towards being a commodity. More resources and more energy are put to use so that you are less likely to ask another person for help. And then there's the matter of having to interact more and more with technology, and spend less time without it, which itself transforms you into a person more habitauted to interact technologically.

Perhaps the next step will be a party where some of the participants are AI, or where some of your friends join by virtual reality. Or perhaps some of them will have an AI assistant that will help them complete their sentences so that they don't have to be fully present, or it will help them show the pictures they took, lots of which have been AI augmented.

The point is that all these small steps lead to the greater mechanization of the human being, which destroys the possibility of more genuine relationships and community.

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, you added "repetitive", the text said "complicated". Also "writing a shopping list for a party" can be boring (or at least I might definitely enjoy some external support), it doesn't turn me into a cog of the "system", or does it?

> Also "writing a shopping list for a party" can be boring (or at least I might definitely enjoy some external support), it doesn't turn me into a cog of the "system", or does it? It is a step in that direction. It is one tiny step to making you less dependent on others. Yes, that single step may not seem like much, but over time, it transforms the social act of a party further towards being a commodity. More resourc…

Eh? Doesn't sound like you hosted many parties...

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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> Struggling to start boring or complicated tasks? This is absolutely absurd. If we are reaching a point in society where we need an "AI Coach" to help us do boring and repetitive tasks, it means we have become true cogs in the machine whose sole purpose is to further technology. How is it that after all this fancy stuff like advanced computers, we are still working on mindless, repetitive tasks? And in fact they see…

One of the hall marks of ADHD is struggling to complete boring, repeated tasks. Brushing teeth, doing your laundry, taking the trash out, etc, etc, etc

New things are interesting. They're engaging. They're novel. Old things, are generally not that.

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I largely see this type of stuff as an ode to the level of interesting and engaging stuff we have in life. It can be extremely hard to do the banal tasks because there is almost always something more interesting.

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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> Struggling to start boring or complicated tasks? This is absolutely absurd. If we are reaching a point in society where we need an "AI Coach" to help us do boring and repetitive tasks, it means we have become true cogs in the machine whose sole purpose is to further technology. How is it that after all this fancy stuff like advanced computers, we are still working on mindless, repetitive tasks? And in fact they see…

I agree we shouldn't exist as mindless agents that simply serve the collective goals of society.

However, shouldn't the aim be towards empowering an individual towards the human condition that they desire? Of course, within the constraints of the allocated resources that society can provide. That search to enable self-actualization and purpose for people can inherently come with tasks that are... well boring.

Sending an email that is critical to fostering an important business connection can sometimes be a chore. But it's important. People with ADHD especially struggle with this, as they thrive on brains that crave stimulation. Many live very unsatisfying lives (higher rates of unemployment, depression, divorce) as a result of this.

In many cases, it can feel as if you're a prisoner to your mind. You don't feel like you have the agency to live the life you want. And why? Because of some executive function deficits? Why not use technology as a way to externalize these cognitive management malfunctions?

I enjoy Gena Gorlin's idea of the Builder's Mindset that explores this viewpoint in more detail: https://builders.genagorlin.com/p/a-different-and-better-way...

I believe we should attempt to ruthlessly search for a life that aligns with our desired human condition.

I'd like to know your thoughts!

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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I got a client side error after answering the second set of onboarding questions: 69-b6a400bc9e4e65f8.js:1 TypeError: Object.hasOwn is not a function at nR (518-6b2228f0e91f38c5.js:1) at rk (fd9d1056-f2aa89c71393f8bf.js:1) at iB (fd9d1056-f2aa89c71393f8bf.js:1) at o4 (fd9d1056-f2aa89c71393f8bf.js:1) at fd9d1056-f2aa89c71393f8bf.js:1 at o3 (fd9d1056-f2aa89c71393f8bf.js:1) at oQ (fd9d1056-f2aa89c71393f8bf.js:1) at oj (…

Are you a professional pen tester? Wow, we have not gotten that bug before. We'll look into that.

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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The title has me intrigued, but the home page does absolutely nothing to help me understand how or why I should use this.

Hmm, I know we're weak in explaining the value - we're working on a demo video so hopefully that helps. The product's changing so fast that our demo videos usually get outdated fast.

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

#20

Not really interesting, low-effort solution. I already have those conversations in my mind all the time; don't need an AI interface for that. Yet, tasks are still not being completed...

Would you be able to further expand on those conversations in your mind? What tasks specifically don't get completed? Has anything ever worked before?
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