Sep 22, 2026 · 44 min · 12 segments
Raph and James sit down to answer a simple question: what the hell does an average person need an AI agent for? This question arises from the recent launch of Joe Schmoe-targeted agentic AI platforms…
Raph DixonHostJames HennessyHostI know we talked about this a few weeks ago in the context, and we can come back to it, instinct.
Which was the one that was doing a bit of – marketing to normies on instagram and the rest of it
yeah well and then the anecdote you told was that like you were introduced to it in a group chat by a normal person but listen to the pod occasional occasional listen to the pod author recent author who was like have you guys heard of instinct and it was like what the hell like
What the hell is that? And then after that, I heard all these VCs talking about it.
the interesting thing about that is there is no app, right? It's like you sign up and everything's through iMessage.
say personal agent, it's like you connect your calendar, your email, this kind of stuff.
And our friend, our mutual friend who was using it was like, oh, I don't know if this was sold.
It was pitched this way in the ad, but it was like, you know, he was like, I'd love to get through all the correspondence from my kid's school using this agent.
And, you know, I guess that makes sense if you're someone who's not Yeah, that's like the use case that makes intuitive sense.
You know, like here's all of the excursions that are happening for the year, but like dot point, paragraph, dates, you know what I mean? Like requirements for permission slips, what the kid's supposed to wear, new paragraph, dot points, like not in a format that like you're not adding it to Cal, you know?
I mean, is this, I mean, sidetrack, is it preferable, because I was definitely one of those horrible fucking kids who, you know, I would be handed a bunch of collateral by my teacher.
I know we talked about this a few weeks ago in the context, and we can come back to it, instinct.
Which was the one that was doing a bit of – marketing to normies on instagram and the rest of it
yeah well and then the anecdote you told was that like you were introduced to it in a group chat by a normal person but listen to the pod occasional occasional listen to the pod author recent author who was like have you guys heard of instinct and it was like what the hell like
What the hell is that? And then after that, I heard all these VCs talking about it.
the interesting thing about that is there is no app, right? It's like you sign up and everything's through iMessage.
say personal agent, it's like you connect your calendar, your email, this kind of stuff.
And our friend, our mutual friend who was using it was like, oh, I don't know if this was sold.
It was pitched this way in the ad, but it was like, you know, he was like, I'd love to get through all the correspondence from my kid's school using this agent.
And, you know, I guess that makes sense if you're someone who's not Yeah, that's like the use case that makes intuitive sense.
You know, like here's all of the excursions that are happening for the year, but like dot point, paragraph, dates, you know what I mean? Like requirements for permission slips, what the kid's supposed to wear, new paragraph, dot points, like not in a format that like you're not adding it to Cal, you know?
I mean, is this, I mean, sidetrack, is it preferable, because I was definitely one of those horrible fucking kids who, you know, I would be handed a bunch of collateral by my teacher.
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