Plot twist I didn’t expect in 2026.

Plot twist I didn’t expect in 2026.

After 18+ months or more of chatting with ChatGPT - brainstorming, researching, writing, thinking out loud, I asked it:

“How well do you know me and what do I need to improve?”

The answer felt like a coach. Not a chatbot.

Nuanced. Personal. A little uncomfortable. Very useful.

Here’s the irony.

In Bytes and Breaths, we imagined Aria - an AI leadership coach. Pure fiction at the time.

Now?
Feels like we accidentally prototyped the future.

Sometimes the best insights don’t come from answers.
They come from reflection.

Exactly the space we are exploring through bytesnbreaths.com, alongside Neha Taneja.