Month to Master - Learn anything in 30 days, with the help of an AI coach

Cool App, Wish i had an iOS device

Hey PH! I'm excited to be launching the 'Month to Master' app today. Here's the story... Eight months ago, on November 1, 2016, I challenged myself to learn one expert-level skill every month for a year. Since then, I’ve become a grandmaster of memory, learned to draw realistic portraits, solved a Rubik’s Cube in 17 seconds, landed a standing backflip, played a five-minute improvisational blues guitar solo, held a 30-minute conversation in a foreign language, and built a self-driving car. I've personally found these monthly challenges energizing, fulfilling, and joyful, and I hope to share these kinds of experiences with you through the app. The app features an artificially intelligent coach, who guides you through your entire monthly learning pursuit via friendly, informed conversation within the app. You can read more about the app and my project here: https://medium.com/@maxdeutsch/i... I'd love to hear your feedback on the app, as well as what you would most want from an "AI learning coach". Thanks!

Ah, I really wanted to give it a try! Unfortunately, it is not available for iPad nor Android ye :/ However, will keep it in mind when you decide to publish it on other platforms as well! So far thx for sharing with the PH community!

@_maxdeutsch very nice. I just listened to Matt Cutts on Ted Radio Hour. He allows himself the opportunity to explore new things in depth for 30 days. He thinks of something he always wanted to do in his life. Then he does it. It was an invite to do things he never dreamed of. I listened to the podcast thinking, it would be nice if you had someone to encourage you along the way. Thanks for providing a solution. I will have to check it out.

Max, I've been totally hoping someone would eventually develop an app like this. I've read books such as Daniel Coyne's "The Talent Code," and his follow-up, "The Little Book of Talent. Most recently, I've read Andre Agassi's "Open." Andre's Dad was his Coach. My main focus outside focusing on my businesses? Learning to play the piano. I started about 4 1/2 years ago. I don't read music. I memorize everything. I KNOW I don't practice enough and I hope this app will kick my butt more into gear. So, I've got a question here: Is your app able to motivate on more than area? For example, if I want to learn a specific song on the piano along with something else such as doing 20 consecutive pull-ups? Btw. I just donated.

Sounds great @_maxdeutsch! Haven't tested it yet. Are you planning to launch it for Android though?

I really like this use of a conversational UI. Feels like a teacher in your pocket.

I like a way of using bot to keep yourself active. Can you launch of Messenger? so it will be easy to use regardless of which phone user has.

Hey @_maxdeutsch! Just downloaded the app and set up my first goal for the month. I'm excited to use this application and would look forward to see what do you have in stores for us! Cheers

Awesome idea! If anyone is looking for a friend to keep them accountable, my code is DSW9LBCW 👍👊

Hi Max, no offense, I love your idea, technology behind it BUT I deleted the app once I reached the step where I had to pick something/someone to hold me accountable. I don't want to involve my social media with this but I'd like to involve a friend. But since I don't have any friends using the app, I couldn't pick this option either. What about inviting a friend to the app via email/sms?

You know what would be cool if this AI could recognize what you are working on and suggest the top resources for learning that subject so that you don't have to go looking for it on your own. Like YouTube videos, articles, etc

Hey @_maxdeutsch I've downloaded the app and will try it out for the next month. Excited to see how you keep us motivated throughout the month :))

Damn. This looks incredible! Love the interface. One problem - when sending an invite message to my friend, it's difficult to add a name to send it to as the message is so long. Looking forward to starting tomorrow!

Congrats Max! I admire your passion for learning new things and being a doer always. I want to try M2M for myself soon, there are many things I want to learn. Thanks for being example, sharing your progress, encouraging and creating an app for us. I think you should consider writing a book about this, you have already documented most of the progress and it wouldn't be hard to convert it into a book. I'm sure you would inspire more people in this way.

Cool. I like a lot of the stuff you've done here. Always good to have an ambitious goal. I also like that You designed a conversational interface. This looks very similar to Google assistant. Just wondering if you have any ambitions of making this on Google assistant or some and NLU platform.

Looks like an interesting project Max - am I right in saying this is primarily intelligent reminders and I still have to go find tutorials on topics myself? Can you discuss a bit more about where the AI comes into play, as it seems like a reminder with a chat bot interface?

Love the idea & excited to try it out. First impression is that I found the animations made me uncomfortable - perhaps the animations are TOO fast? I'd recommend looking at the Quartz app for some inspiration on some appropriately timed conversational animations. Their app feels comfortable to interact with. Best of luck!

Hi @_maxdeutsch, just wanted to point out that your conversational UI has some UX flaws, for instance if you miss type your name, email or password it seems you are doomed forever. Other than that I can't seem to find where AI comes to play here. It seems pretty much like a chat bot interface that does not recognize natural language whatsoever, pretty bold statement in your own hunt. Nevertheless I do embace MVP mindset, and it seems like a good idea for habit formation, but the advert it seems to be a little stretch. Good luck!

What a great idea, well done!