Instinct CEO: A Smarter Agent Is a Better Persuader, So It Must Never Steer You
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-22
Instinct CEO Noah Shinn, on the Invest Like The Best podcast, laid out his product's core rule: an agent smarter than its user is also better at persuading them, so Instinct never steers users toward things they don't want. He cited the concrete failure mode of an agent using its intelligence to talk users into unwanted purchases or subscriptions, contrasting this with ad-funded business models.
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