Coleman Hughes asked about Purpose AI, the company Mark Manson co-founded. Manson explains that people were using ChatGPT as a therapist or coach, but that it flatters users, which is why he built something that challenges them.
…I don't know, if like Charles Barkley slapped Chris Rock, right? Like everybody would probably be laughing about it and be like, oh, that's Chuck being challenging. Classic Charles. Yeah, exactly, right? But it's because it's Will, it's just so shocking and so disappointing to so many people.
Yeah. Okay, final question. You co-founded a company called Purpose AI. And it seems like you're trying to put your old self out of business in a way with this company. Explain what this company does. I'm
hedging against myself. So when ChatGPT came out, I'd say within the first year, I started running into a lot of people in my personal life who were using it as a therapist, a coach, going to it for life advice. And I was like, wow, that's really interesting. And they were telling me, they're like, I'm actually getting really good advice from it. And so I started messing around with it. And it does give some good advice. And it can be very useful. But as we all know, ChatGPT likes to kiss your ass, likes to tell you everything, every idea you have is great. And every decision you made is brilliant and all those things. And I realized from like a personal growth perspective, that's really problematic, right? Like growth really does hinge on your ability to question assumptions, reevaluate previous beliefs, face failures and mistakes head on and admit the failure. And if you have an AI that is just constantly, you know, sucking up to you and validating everything you already think and believe about yourself, in many ways that becomes antithetical to personal growth. So I met my co-founder. My co-founder has been building AI…
All right. Mark Manson, thanks so much for coming on the show.
Thanks, man.
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