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Re:TaxyAI: Open-source browser automation with GPT-4 by rurp on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @10:14PM (#35351298)
Yep. The notion that AIs, funded by companies like Microsoft of all places, is going to lead to a golden age of user interfaces boggles my mind.
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Re:TaxyAI: Open-source browser automation with GPT-4 by 411111111111111 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:00AM (#35353216)
To be fair, didn't they actually do that with the UI element it's named after (windows...)?

I think the menu bar, the window with the header bar and the action buttons where all pioneered by them back then, or am I mistaken?

It's been 30 yrs though, so I get what you mean.

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Re:TaxyAI: Open-source browser automation with GPT-4 by Jorengarenar on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:38PM (#35359721)
IIRC, Microsoft "borrowed" the design from Apple Macintosh, which in turn was based on Xerox's technology. So no, they weren't the pioneers.
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Re:TaxyAI: Open-source browser automation with GPT-4 by rurp on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @10:19PM (#35366980)
That's fair, I think the Microsoft of 30 years ago did pretty well with UIs. That said, given the state of Windows 11 and their other modern products I think their current priorities are quite a bit different.
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