AI tool "seminar" offers blunt, unvarnished criticism to users

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-05-14 08:18

A user on Mastodon shared their experience with a tool called "seminar," available on GitHub, which they find uniquely un-sycophantic. The AI frequently criticizes the user's ideas and calls them an "idiot," often backing up its negative feedback with historical industry data. Despite the harsh critiques, the user admits they mostly ignore the AI's warnings. AI

IMPACT This tool offers a unique, albeit harsh, user experience that could influence how AI feedback is perceived and integrated.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a specific software tool and its user experience, not a major industry event or release.

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Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-05-14 08:18

One interesting thing of the way https:// github.com/hgrsd/seminar works, is that it is not at all sycophantic. In fact, it very often tells me (in slightly pom

One interesting thing of the way https:// github.com/hgrsd/seminar works, is that it is not at all sycophantic. In fact, it very often tells me (in slightly pompous words), that I am a fucking idiot and my ideas are bad. Often with sources showing that "the industry" has roundly …

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One interesting thing of the way https:// github.com/hgrsd/seminar works, is that it is not at all sycophantic. In fact, it very often tells me (in slightly pom

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