The mindset shift that made Dots actually useful for me
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When Hermes came out, and now with Dots, I saw a lot of people having the same problem I did. There was a ton of hype around having an always-on assistant, but it was hard to figure out what I would actually use it for. The shift for me was changing my mindset to: What do I already know is important to me, but I don't want to constantly keep my mind on? Once I started thinking about Hermes and Dots that way, I started finding a lot more useful cases for them. For example, in my use cases: Upwork: Keep an eye on new jobs and notify me when one actually matches what I'm looking for. Fantasy: Keep up with my team and suggest waiver pickups or help me evaluate trades when something comes up. Travel: Watch flight prices and let me know when there's actually a good deal. Not because the price changed $10, but because there's something actually worth my attention. I was originally looking at these assistants as something that should do my work or make decisions for me. What ended up being more useful was having them keep an eye on the things I already care about and bring them back to my attention when it matters. I still want to do the creative thinking and make the decisions. I just don't want to constantly be the one checking everything.
First-hand r/ChatGPT post: the author stopped treating Dots as something that should do their work for them, and instead uses Dots as always-on watchers — an Upwork watcher that notifies them when a new job actually matches what they're looking for, a fantasy-football helper that tracks their team and suggests waiver pickups or evaluates trades, and a flight-price watcher that alerts only on genuinely good deals. Concrete ongoing results from their own Dots, not a demo.
