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status: raw
tags:
- ai
+- productivity
+- cognition
title: decision helper
type: idea
updated: 2026-04-11
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# decision helper
-therapist-style AI for diagnosing decisions.
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+an AI tool that helps you make decisions by acting more like a therapist than a calculator — instead of giving you a pros/cons list, it asks questions to diagnose what the actual decision is, what your real values are, and what's making it feel hard. most decisions feel hard not because the options are close in utility but because there's ambiguity about what you want, fear about commitment, or conflict between different versions of yourself.
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+the product would walk you through a structured elicitation: what are the options, what does each future look like, what are you actually afraid of, what would you regret more. the output shouldn't be "pick option A" — it should be a clearer articulation of your own values and the crux of the decision, so you can actually decide. this is distinct from [[comparison-engine|comparison engine]] which is more about side-by-side feature analysis. decision helper goes deeper into the psychological and values layer.
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+connects to [[choice-visualizer|choice visualizer]] (which tries to map all possible paths from a moment) and [[universal-habits|universal habits]] (decisions are a form of context-sensitive behavior). the therapist-AI framing is interesting — the goal is not to decide for you but to help you become clear. this might be more useful as a conversational interface than a form-based one, which puts it close to [[always-on-ai-assistant|always-on AI assistant]] territory. could also be a specific mode inside a broader [[axon|axon]]-style personal assistant that already knows your history and values.
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