Nathan Baschez is the cofounder and CEO of AI word processor Lex. He cofounded Every, was the first employee at Substack, and co-created Product Hunt.
Robo-Coaches Are Here
How I learned to stop worrying and love the robots that tell me what to do
May 3, 2023 · 9 min readUpdated Jan 17, 2026
You know a tweet is a banger when the replies are split evenly between sheer disgust and fervent praise. Even better when there’s genuine confusion about whether it’s supposed to be serious or not.
Last week one such tweet caught my eye. It is, without a doubt, the pinnacle of the form:
Here is a representative sample of the replies:
- “This is freaking awesome”
- “most stupid person in the world”
- “Holy shit I retweeted this earlier thinking it was irony. Can’t believe this guy is actually serious lol”
- “At some point we just deserve the pandemic to wipe us all out because what the fuck is this”
- “I love this story ❤️”
The wildly divergent reactions to a guy using ChatGPT to create a running habit are hilarious, but also, they point towards an important mystery. This tweet captures it well:
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