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Why Chatbots Are Not the Future of Interfaces
Hopefully I've convinced you that chatbots are a terrible interface for LLMs. Or, at the very least, that we can add controls, information, and affordances to our chatbot interfaces to make them more usable. I can't wait to see the field become more mature and for us to start building AI tools that embrace our human abilities.
Amelia Wattenberger • Why Chatbots Are Not the Future of Interfaces
We could assume that because ChatGPT is chat-based, every other consumer AI product should follow suit. But that’s the wrong line of thought. Speedinvest uses an example:
Chat (or voice) is the worst possible interface for interacting with technology, with some exceptions . I’ll get to the exceptions in a minute, but first let me explain why.... See more
Rex Woodbury • The Opportunities in Consumer AI
We keep telling ourselves that previous voice interfaces like Alexa or Siri didn’t succeed because the underlying AI wasn’t smart enough, but that’s only half of the story. The core problem was never the quality of the output function, but the inconvenience of the input function: A natural language prompt like “Hey Google, what’s the weather in San... See more