Marcin WicharyJan 11

Small hypothesis: I bet people like AI chat interfaces in some part because they are “clean” – simple text, easy to process, consistent visuals, no ads, no pop-ups, etc.

To use a cliche example: Even if it wasn’t in any way “smarter,” it’d still be nicer to ask ChatGPT for a recipe than go to a webpage to read that recipe. Its interface is a natural “reader mode.”

But… that’s not going to last.

Show threadAbdulla Almuhairi

@mwichary Years ago and before AI; there was a lot of talk about conversational ui and how one app can be used for everything with just this one interface.

A command line interface is easy to understand, it doesn't have to be unix cli or AI.

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Show threadMarcin WicharyJan 11
@Abdulla Do you have an example in your mind of a good command line that’s not unix cli/AI that already exists, or is that hypothetical?
Show threadAbdulla AlmuhairiJan 11

@mwichary alas no, i used to have links for articles talk about this, but i can't find them, they showed some examples.

I'll keep looking, if i found any i'll share them.

Show threadMarcin WicharyJan 11
@Abdulla Thanks! I can only think of bad ones, but I’m curious.