bence
@bence
for me the value of ai products like dot and tame os come from writing and externalising my thinking. the ai responses rarely provide insight, but they pose great questions. space for reflection is where the value is. it's more like a journal than an assistant.
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I can see the argument for treating them as such but to me, they’re like corny journals with preformatted prompts on each page. Have tried to use these tools in earnest but they always fall short in terms of providing truly introspective experiences
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Like you can choose to pour your life into a soulless approximation of a therapist you can quickly discover the boundary conditions of if you’re even moderately imaginative or you just train your attention inward for a sec lol
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@bence
exactly, that’s the point for me. the ai itself atm can’t provide insight about me. but it can provide the conditions for you yourself to do so. i discover things as i write to it, often ignoring their prompts or directing their questions to areas i find valuable. by putting it in writing, i turn inwards. same as writing in my notes app or an empty paper journal. this is a complete misuse of their original purpose, so imo it’s all about finding a way to make it work for you. though in fairness, tame is the only one that’s great at this. i found dot unbearable after further use, and perplexity and gpt are useless in this regard.
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Major +1
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