Vision
For more than a decade I had the belief that most of us need a personal coach for the rest of our lives just like we need personal trainers for our physical fitness.
Then, with the emergence of reliable LLMs and specifically the launch of Chatgpt at the end of November 2022 I became convinced that the moment arrived to create it.
So, in December 2022. The hypothesis was:
A few people are fully self-motivated, they do not need a personal trainer, support, or anything of that nature. But, there’s the rest of us. We need the PTs to make us sweat on a regular basis.
A Personal trainer is there for accountability and sharing best practices (exercising with correct form, targeting different muscle groups, warming up etc)
BUT you decide what type of trainer you want, the goals/objectives (mobility, strength, lifting X weight etc)
and choose the PT with the methodology that works best for you.Similarly, for coaching we should pick our methodology and objectives and the style that works for you. For that, we have a pseudo-infinite bank of material to work with. All the books that you read and the ideas you like and want to implement. Choose your own favorite book or any body of content -BOC- (could be a collection of podcasts or essays, etc)
LLMs are good for I/O BUT we should help model the world for them so our plan was to build an game engine similar to what a game AI would be to record and model different element of the real world and then use that in conjunction with the BOC of your choice and help you achieve your goals.
User scenario: I really like the book “The power of full engagement” I pick that book as a template for my personal development. I pick specific goals I want to achieve using its methodology and the AI coach keeps me on track, give me tips and supports me in this journey.
Mersive was created in Q1 of 2023 to bring this to life. It ended up having a few different lives before dying in the summer of 2024.
This is Chapter 1: The first half of 2023: Mersive as a B2C product
