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by quickthrower2 1117 days ago
For my "todo" workflow this isn't so good. But it could be tweaked to match it.

When I add a todo, I am usually getting interrupted by someone else, or my own brain, and the todo is a cache of my short term memory of something I need to do. I want my todo writing experience to be fast

Currently there is a spinner to wait for the AI suggestion. 5000ms is too slow. I want to leave the TODO app before I lose my original trail of thought. Even if the AI suggestion is instant, it is a context switch to even read it and consider it.

I think what would be better is a suggestion, maybe as a subtext or popover when I *READ* the todo list. Reading the todo list means I have some time free and I am prepared to crush some of the list. I might even have time to "groom" the list. This would be a great time for AI to help me.

Another thing you can do with AI is let the user tune what kinds of suggestions.

For example the AI could create "tiny habits" (probably a trademark so watch out!) style todos. So replace "go to the gym" with "put on my gym trainers" and so on.

It might be you want it to split todos, or suggest a todo you already have (I have about 50 todos at the moment. Some of them are reading lists for AI, a skiing trip prep list, some bank stuff, and so on, all different urgencies) it is likely I will add the same thing twice.

I also think the table stakes for a TODO app is feature parity with Microsoft TODO. If it can't do all that stuff (it isn't too much) then I would rather stick with Microsoft and forgo the AI.

This is where perhaps your AI thing could be a chrome extension that works with the established todo apps. That would make me much more happier to use it.