Balaji's Weblog



In today's hot take I feel personal AI assistants are doomed to fail. The problem with personal AI assistants is the same we had (and have) with TODO lists, reminders, task management tools, habit trackers, etc. They are highly effective at onboarding novelty but fail at long-term behavioral retention, leading to high user churn.

The solution to this, if any, isn't simple. I don't think anyone has cracked it.