On speaking to AI
For example, Schrage points out that Apple (and now also Google and Microsoft and Amazon) asks their “customers to become the sort of people who wouldn’t think twice about talking to their phone as a sentient servant.”
Tim O'Reilly • Wtf?
Why is there so much discussion of prompt engineering as the future paradigm describing language interactions with generative AI? It's one tool in our arsenal, one that's useful for experts and in those cases where someone knows, and can (with some effort) articulate, exactly what they want. But it certainly isn't natural language as people use it,... See more
Michal Lahav • From Prompt Engineering to Collaborating: A Human-Centered ...
AI has a UX problem. The symmetrical conversational interface, where you talk to the computer and it talks back to you, demos well and is deeply rooted in Hollywood. But it is grossly unsuited to most tasks; it’s inefficient, sets unreachable expectations, and magnifies mistakes.
@Apple’s AI demos at WWDC seemed... See more
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