Personal AI · Ross Lazerowitz
It’s been an inspiring last few weeks for AI models. The major labs have released huge advancements in video generation and reasoning models. OpenAI’s o3 model scored a record high of 75.7% on the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC), a series of brain twisters that are easy for humans but hard for AI. While these are significant developments, they are abstract to the average person. I would love to see more personal AI, that is, AI for the average person, not accelerators for researchers, engineers, and marketers.
What’s missing is AI designed to enhance everyday life—what I’d call ‘Personal AI.’ Personal AI should bring the same level of convenience to daily life as the automobile, dishwasher, microwave, or washing machine. Here are some examples of things that personal AI should be able to do:
In short, it helps with everyday tasks. Here’s an example of that long tail from the U.S. Census American Time Use Survey.
