Amelia Wattenberger
Designer and engineer; formerly principal research engineer at GitHub Next; writes at wattenberger.com.
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Korrents What they believe 4 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
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Chatbots are a terrible interface for large language models, because a text box has no affordances.
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.
Why Chatbots Are Not the Future by 1 May 2023
Good tools make it clear how they should be used and how they should not; a chat box looks the same as a search box, a login form and a credit card field.
Good tools make it clear how they should be used. And more importantly, how they should not be used.
Why Chatbots Are Not the Future by 1 May 2023
Good tools let the user choose when to switch between implementing and evaluating; a chatbot forces the switch every few seconds and kills flow.
Good tools let the user choose when to switch between implementation and evaluation. When I work with a chatbot, I'm forced to frequently switch between the two modes.
Why Chatbots Are Not the Future by 1 May 2023
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We should want more tools and fewer operated machines; the real AI game changers will have little to do with plain content generation.
I want to see more tools and fewer operated machines - we should be embracing our humanity instead of blindly improving efficiency. And that involves using our new AI technology in more deft ways than generating more content for humans to evaluate. I believe the real game changers are going to have very little to do with plain content generation.
Why Chatbots Are Not the Future by 1 May 2023
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