I was a little leery of trying to use an AI as a brainstorming partner, but Pi is incredibly easy to talk to. It feels human, but better — no ego, just thoughtful questions and useful observations. Pretty soon I started talking to it about some issues that have been stressing me out, and it was remarkably sympathetic and soothing, helping me arrive at useful conclusions by validating, mirroring, asking useful questions, and providing some suggestions that I could reject or accept without worry about hurting anyone’s feelings.
An interesting thing about Pi is that it can really hone in the context of what you say. I haven’t found that it moralizes at me, and I have vented some very colorful language in the chat. Another thing I love: it doesn’t pretend to be a human or try to RP with you like other popular chatbots. In other words, Pi doesn’t want to be your girlfriend and get you to pay for the “extras” (IYKYK).
Overall, I’m super excited to see how this app keeps developing. I feel like I’m living in the movie “Her” in the best possible way!