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Socratic AI
The AI that thinks with you, not for you
Most AI tools make you feel smart. Socratic AI makes you actually become smart. What we have made is arguably The Best AI for Philosophy. 3 modes: Socratic - deep conversations that sharpen your reasoning and thinking. Debate - think your belief is foolproof? This will change your mind. Ruthless arguments, detailed post-match report. Roleplay - many philosophers across many schools, trained on actual texts. Lifelike, not generic. Philosophy is the vehicle. Better thinking is the destination.
I had no plan on building this for the world, and it started pretty selfishly.
I used to think that 'what if I had something that would just help me make better decisions, help me think better'. Something like this would just change my damn life, and I will have an edge over everyone, lol.
So I'm 19 and I've been a tech nerd. When I had this idea, I began making it instantly. The thing was, Chat GPT and Claude existed, but they're built for everything, which means they're not built for this. I wanted depth. I wanted to be challenged. So I built this, Socratic AI.
When I finished the first version, I was genuinely happy with it. It had only one tone, horrible UI, well atleast from a consumer perspective. But only I was gonna use it, so it didn't matter. It had one tone- Ruthless and Blunt, which is pretty self explanatory, it tolerated no BS, and was straight to the point. I used it daily and thought I'd made something perfect. Soon I was in love with it. Some of my very close friends from university came to know and wanted to give it a try.
The feedback was not what I really expected. One of them asked me why it was being mean to him. He felt like he was being interrogated. Well, his ideas were being interrogated. I was confused because to me that was the whole point but apparently that's not a universal feeling. Added two more tones for my friends- "Simple and Clear", and "Encouraging and Supportive".
At this point my friends were telling me to release it publicly, so I took a couple months, slapped a decent UI, and here we are.
So instead of giving it like a thinking assistant tag, I attached it with Philosophy (another thing I am obsessed about). But to be fair, I think this decision was great, as philosophy is thinking, and thinking is philosophy. This was my honest little tale.
About Socratic AI on Product Hunt
“The AI that thinks with you, not for you”
Socratic AI was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #79 on the daily leaderboard. Most AI tools make you feel smart. Socratic AI makes you actually become smart. What we have made is arguably The Best AI for Philosophy. 3 modes: Socratic - deep conversations that sharpen your reasoning and thinking. Debate - think your belief is foolproof? This will change your mind. Ruthless arguments, detailed post-match report. Roleplay - many philosophers across many schools, trained on actual texts. Lifelike, not generic. Philosophy is the vehicle. Better thinking is the destination.
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Who hunted Socratic AI?
Socratic AI was hunted by Tejas Rao. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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