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AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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scriptdevil wrote: post #3

I had been using chatgpt for something similar in the past. I like the fact that you are integrating a timer and music into it. How do you set yourself apart beyond that? Chatgpt, for instance, could also help with things like "I want to work on foo, can you help me break it down into tasks?". I see a lot of potential in this - for instance, you might be able to integrate calendar integration for picking time slots f…

We're trying to hone into reducing the friction with the specifically tailored prompts to break down tasks and provide suggested responses, alongside the integrated tools. The timer and Spotify are just small steps towards a lot more widget functionality, so I'm glad you also see the potential.

I like those two ideas. We were thinking of similar calendar functionality and then a todo list that's generated as you talk with the coach. Some other ideas I had were - speech to mindmap brainstorming (i like to speak and see visual output)

- simplify cooking recipes to the smallest pieces (get 3 eggs, and come back, etc..)

- open up a widget to put your phone # for accountability where someone calls you

- open up FocusMate body doubling session

- email visual drag and drop builder (i hate sending emails)

- you put money into a virtual piggy bank and it gives you access to the money if you send an image or something or a completed task (kinda like beeminder but you hide the money behind completing a task)

- discord bot version that has emojis as the suggestion buttons to click

We're trying to work more on our personalization aspect to differentiate ourselves from ChatGPT so as you keep using the app, it is a lot more streamlined to know what you need. Thanks for your thoughts!

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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Post by beryilma »

PlanRoadmap wrote: post #20
beryilma wrote: post #12

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?

At least for me, it always comes down to overcoming the inertia to start and procrastination. Otherwise, in my mind, I am always running what needs to be done, in what order, how soon, etc.

The tasks that don't get completed on time are usually the ones that I perceive as low value, even though they need to be done in my current corporate environment. Also some tasks that first look important or urgent eventually can become unneeded in the end; so the problem might be one of correct prioritization of tasks.

My best success of getting things done is with time boxing and literally setting Outlook meetings with myself with a clear task definition as its subject.

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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Post by PlanRoadmap »

beryilma wrote: post #24
PlanRoadmap wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

At least for me, it always comes down to overcoming the inertia to start and procrastination. Otherwise, in my mind, I am always running what needs to be done, in what order, how soon, etc. The tasks that don't get completed on time are usually the ones that I perceive as low value, even though they need to be done in my current corporate environment. Also some tasks that first look important or urgent eventually can…

Interesting..

So let's say you could put your task maybe like "Do work report", and it helped you break down a clear task definition with the prompting and suggestion buttons to get you to a specific definition you're happy with like "Write a 2 paragraph introduction of the work report with financial data in 1 hour".

Then you can get an estimate of the priority of that task relevant to other tasks, maybe through some sort of "list out other tasks" coach responses, and then it organizes them into a visual block display that gives you estimated priorities by the AI. You can then edit those priorities by visually dragging the task blocks around to decide your order. Once you're done, it automatically sets outlook meetings with you to complete the tasks.

Do you think a workflow like that would benefit you?

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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Post by SkyPuncher »

PlanRoadmap wrote: post #19
SkyPuncher wrote: post #15

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.

> The product's changing so fast that our demo videos usually get outdated fast.

That's a pretty weak reason to not make them. You'll never make a demo by that logic.

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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Post by PlanRoadmap »

SkyPuncher wrote: post #26
PlanRoadmap wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> The product's changing so fast that our demo videos usually get outdated fast. That's a pretty weak reason to not make them. You'll never make a demo by that logic.

Fair enough! We're probably overthinking the demo video

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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Post by SkyPuncher »

PlanRoadmap wrote: post #27
SkyPuncher wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The product's changing so fast that our demo videos usually get outdated fast. That's a pretty weak reason to not make them. You'll never make a demo by that logic.

Fair enough! We're probably overthinking the demo video

You can always ship a better one next time!

I know I’m being a bit harsh, but the value prop of the product is extremely intriguing to me. It just feels like your team might forgetting that everyone else needs to know what your building in order to know what your building.

Re: AI Coach designed to help you start your tasks

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Post by vouaobrasil »

aaliyajakir wrote: post #17
vouaobrasil wrote: post #6

> 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…

> 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.

I agree but the solution in my mind is not more technology, because then these same people will have to learn how to use an AI system or interact with it. Even if it makes it easier for them, it will mean a reduced cognitive load so that technology and impose an even greater load later one. Sending an email would not even be an issue if we did not have email. Therefore, while you are correct within the confines of our high-tech society, I reject high-tech society outright because it is a progression of attainments of local maximae, themselves which are decreasing.

> 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?

Because you do not free yourself from being a prisoner. If I had to use an AI tool, I would still feel like a prisoner because it's even less autonomy. People don't want to be coddled with more and more technological augmentation, they want a life with more time to do the things they love that does not involve technology -- of course, it might not seem so at first because they are addicted to it.

For example, in pretty much EVERY job I've seen these days that pays a decent wage, you have to live in a city, be trapped in a cage behind a screen, and do things that are abhorrent (furthering consumerism, or making unsustainable economic growth easier).

I am against virtually ALL modern technological development and I think we need to radically change our society to be more aligned with more sustainability, not invent more technology to get to the next local maximum.

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