Over the past year, opening social media has become predictable: today Anthropic launches their powerful coding agent Claude Code, tomorrow Google unveils new AI-powered search summaries, and the day after, yet another startup claims their AI will “revolutionize everything.” The hyperbole around artificial intelligence has reached peak saturation.
When ChatGPT first emerged, everyone marveled: “Wow! AI can write articles and code!” But now, if someone told me Grok also launched a coding assistant, most would simply nod and say, “Expected.” This numbness sometimes makes me wonder: am I losing my passion and imagination for AI’s future?
However, while organizing my thoughts recently, I discovered there are still AI products that genuinely excite me. Products that make me lie on my couch thinking, “If this actually gets built, how amazing would my life become!”
This article shares the pain points in my current work and life, along with AI products I believe could (eventually) solve these challenges.
Disclaimer: I haven’t actually used any of the products mentioned below. These are purely personal fantasies based on understanding their public information. If I’ve misunderstood anything, you’re definitely right. After all, I’m just daydreaming here.
I Need an AI Partner That Actually “Gets” Data#
After over 8 years as a data scientist, my daily work isn’t quite the sexiest job of the 21st century it’s cracked up to be. Most of my time isn’t spent training sophisticated machine learning models, but rather writing endless SQL queries, extracting data repeatedly, and finding patterns in numbers.
Here’s a scenario every data analyst knows: Monday morning, the boss asks, “How were last month’s sales in the US?” I write a simple WHERE and GROUP BY to handle it. That afternoon, he asks, “How does that compare to the UK and Canada?” So I add country to the GROUP BY clause. The next day, he wonders, “Do different age groups show different purchasing behaviors across these countries?” So I add age grouping…
I’ve repeated this process sooooooo many times I could write SQL with my eyes closed. What’s worse, weeks later, similar questions resurface, and I have to remember: “Wait, how did I write that previous query? Which tables did I use? What were the results back then?”
Cursor or Claude Code are excellent at writing code and can generate bug-free SQL and Python, but they have no idea what the actual data looks like. They only produce syntactically correct but business-irrelevant code.
nao could solve this problem. It claims to understand database context and be the “Cursor for data teams”, which is a positioning that caught my attention. In nao’s own words, data analysis work has a “two-dimensional” context where output SQL code depends on input data state. AI coding assistants like Cursor can’t handle this 2D perspective and hallucinate queries for non-existent tables and columns. In contrast, nao directly connects to your database, understanding real schema structure and current data state, enabling precise SQL query output.
(source: nao)
Imagine this: I tell the AI, “Analyze last month’s regional sales trends and identify anomalies.” nao would not only write correct SQL (because it knows what tables and columns actually exist in my database), but also execute queries against the database, retrieve and organize data, generate visualizations, and even propose next analytical steps. Best of all, these insights would be remembered, so I wouldn’t start from scratch when handling similar problems later.
At least, that’s what nao claims it can do.
I Need a Tool That “Organizes” All My Daily Information#
Every evening before leaving work, I experience habitual anxiety: What important things did I see today? Are there tasks I should have done but didn’t?
Today I browsed over 20 web pages, read 5 technical articles, replied to dozens of emails, and jotted notes in Notion. Among these, someone might have requested a report for next week, an article mentioned a new A/B testing methodology I’ve wanted to research, and there’s probably a meeting invitation I haven’t responded to yet.
The problem is this information is scattered across different platforms and contexts. I need to manually search through all today’s activities in my brain, then recall, “Oh right, there was something I needed to handle.” The worst part is my memory of a goldfish (scientifically speaking, the recency effect). For instance, blog post ideas I had this morning are forgotten by evening. This cycle of forgetting and struggling to remember is mentally exhausting.
Perplexity’s Comet browser seems like a solution. It claims to simultaneously detect, read, and manage all browser tabs and apps. It continuously reads and understands all opened tab content in the background, integrating information across platforms; essentially remembering everything I’ve seen automatically. For example, if I receive a meeting invitation in Gmail while checking my calendar in another tab, Comet understands the relationship between these two activities and suggests optimal scheduling on the calendar page.
Comet’s AI assistant could tell me at day’s end:
- “Today you read three articles about causal inference. One mentioned a research method you previously bookmarked in your notes. Please consider updating your documentation.”
- “Two news items mentioned ABC Company’s upcoming earnings report. Would you like me to set a reminder for that date?”
- “Additionally, you have two unreplied emails, one requiring your Q3 analysis report.”
This is my dream digital assistant. It not only answers my questions, but also proactively organizes, remembers, and reminds me of all important things.
(source: Perplexity Comet)
As of early September 2025, Comet is still in limited testing with a waitlist, and it’s pricey. Only customers paying $200 monthly for Perplexity Max can access it. I’m observing the customer reviews; if it truly delivers on my expectations above, $200 monthly isn’t expensive at all.
I Need an Omniscient “Real-Time” Invisible Consultant#
My final fantasy might sound sci-fi, but I genuinely want:
An AI system that instantly and proactively provides needed information in any moment or context
When I’m browsing investment books on Amazon, this AI system immediately tells me about the author’s background, how this book relates to other finance books I’ve read, and even reminds me, “You’ve bookmarked multiple articles by this author in Readwise, indicating his work aligns with your research interests.”
Or during meetings, when someone asks about a project’s progress, the AI system instantly extracts relevant information from my notes, emails, and documents, displaying key data, strategic direction, and timelines on my computer screen, phone, or even AR glasses, allowing me to respond confidently, even with dozens of simultaneous projects underway.
Products are already moving in this direction. Google’s Magic Cue on Pixel 10 provides proactive cross-app suggestions. For example, when friends ask about my flight times for a US business trip, it automatically retrieves ticket information from Gmail and calendar data, suggesting response options. Questions that previously required switching between 2-3 apps now get one-tap instant replies through Magic Cue.
(source: Google)
Another product I’m more excited to discuss, with a more radical approach, is Cluely, self-proclaimed as a tool to “cheat at everything” (this controversial slogan likely stems from news about the founder using AI to cheat in job interviews). Its operating principle involves real-time audio monitoring (conversations) plus screen content analysis, providing contextually relevant instant prompts and suggestions.
Whenever a new question arises, without me saying anything, AI could instantly tell me “Based on my personal situation, here’s what I can do.” If this is real, I need it every minute of my life!
I recently experienced a scenario where my mom asked during a video call: “Has the car been taken for maintenance?” Cluely could immediately pop up on my computer screen:
- “This is a reasonable request. This Toyota model recommends annual professional inspection, and your car hasn’t been serviced for 2 years since last maintenance”
- “According to text message history, this is the 3rd time mom mentioned this issue this year. If you don’t act soon, she might get really angry 🔥🔥🔥”
I’d love for Cluely to have agent mode: one button press to immediately book maintenance appointments, so I could instantly reply to mom: “Yes, yes, I’ve already scheduled it!”
Beyond personal life, work desperately needs AI tools like Cluely. During meetings, when anyone raises any question, it could instantly provide data and relevant information based on discussion content. Someone asks, “What are Department X’s quarterly performance targets and achievement rates?” Even if my mind goes blank, Cluely could automatically display departmental background, performance data, etc. on screen. My ultimate daydream: if Cluely’s cross-platform integration and real-time information extraction truly works this well, with access to all company information, AI could help me answer any difficult questions. In other words, everyone could be CEO!.
Despite the controversial “cheating” brand positioning, Cluely’s underlying technology concept actually applies to broad work scenarios and could potentially provide massive productivity improvements for everyone, aligning with my vision of an omniscient invisible consultant.
Amazing, isn’t it ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ
(source: Cluely)
(Again, to emphasize: this is my daydream. As of writing, Cluely is still positioned as AI-assisted software for video meetings, not an all-platform information integration system)
Wrapping Up: Reigniting AI Enthusiasm#
Organizing these thoughts made me realize that even in this year of AI fatigue, there are still many possibilities worth anticipating. These products might not be perfect yet (some may only be conceptual), but they genuinely reignite my excitement for AI’s rapid progress.
If you’re also the type who’s grown numb to AI news, take a few minutes to consider: in your work or life, what repetitive or cumbersome tasks make you think, “If only AI could help with this”? There might already be some experimental product addressing similar problems. Google (or, … Comet?) the latest AI developments, and you might rediscover excitement about new AI innovations. After all, this field creates new possibilities every single day.