AI assistants don't remove decisions, they multiply them — and nobody wants that
menhguin · x · 2026-09-21
- staysaasy argues the core flaw of AI personal assistants: people don't actually want to do more stuff.
- AI assistants don't abstract decisions away; they accelerate decision-making — ten decisions a day instead of one, all acted upon.
- He calls that a nightmare rather than a miracle, useful only to type-A strivers, citing years of failed attempts to motivate people around him to reach their potential.
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