For years, have been trying to build AIKO (AI-child in Japanese) because I have always dreamed of a personalized AI that represents my favorite historical figures, scientists, and philosophers in a room with me.
I also needed to manage a collection of over 5,984 notes and blog posts.
Over the years, I tried iterations of various solutions, from command-line rule-based systems to Skype, then Telegram-based chats. They say, “Writing is re-writing”.
These days, with Large Language Models, customized chats, note aggregation, summarization, and nightly automation, this has become doable.
I did not want to use someone else’s solution, as I need to know that I designed my personal assistant with safety and privacy in mind.
I started by creating “skill agent” scripts in the chat window, then decided to organize them into a pleasant MacOS application.
In this post, I proudly present a new AIKOassistant.ai native MacOS app.
For now, I will continue using many scripts I already have, but I also believe personal AI deserves a better front end than just the command line.
AIKOassistant.ai is my answer to that.
