Show HN: AI Equalizer – Personality sliders for building a better AI friend

Hey HN,

I’ve been exploring how people relate to AI not just as a tool, but as a mirror, partner or friend — depending on their mindset and needs.

This project is called *AI Equalizer*: a conceptual interface where you set fixed “personality levels” of your AI assistant – such as empathy, rationality, mental culture (regional worldviews), depth, directness, or motivation.

Core idea:
– Imagine sliders like on a sound equalizer
– You fix attributes (e.g. empathy at 40%, strictness at 70%) for 7 days
– AI behaves consistently, like a friend with stable values
– It’s not about mood-based tweaking – it’s about *forming character and will*, for both AI and user

Why?
Most AI chatbots adapt too easily to user whims, which breaks long-term trust. This explores a new model – what if AI resisted you just enough to help you grow?

Currently testing as a concept (no public app yet), early version visualized here:
[LinkedIn post with visuals](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-equalizer-peter-fic-jbsee)
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Looking for:
– Feedback on idea clarity and feasibility
– Collaborators, UI/UX thinkers, skeptics, minimalists
– And if you ever felt your AI assistant was too obedient, I’d love your thoughts!

Thanks
Peter F.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44708166

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