Life in the Singularity

Life in the Singularity

Orion - The AI Life Copilot

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Matt McDonagh
Feb 27, 2025
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Longtime readers will remember a series we did on Using AI to Create Software last summer.

That series stalled because well, the AI software did.

But a lot has changed since then.

Now the AI tools are more powerful. Building applications is getting easier.

They are getting more powerful, too.

Since the first GPT moment I’ve wanted a life copilot to hold my goals, track my habits and tasks, hold my journal entries and steer me toward victory.

So I built Orion, the first AI Life Copilot. You can read about the early efforts here:

AI Life Copilot

Matt McDonagh
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January 11, 2025
AI Life Copilot

I’ve been working on a secret project - an AI Life Copilot that gamifies goal achievement by decomposing them into tasks and habits.

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Building Orion

Consistency sets people apart.

I wanted an app to help me track my goals vs where I am. A place to store my habits & tasks to make sure I actually complete them, again, consistently. A location to hold me accountable but also to centralize my thoughts with morning (and evening) journaling. More on the journals in a sec.

I am also a big stats geek + gamification junkie who loves getting high scores and performing above average on… well, everything. I built…

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