Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces

Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by smy20011 on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:04PM (#36364541)

I don't think so. Chat based interface is horrible on phone. You have to type what you want instead of tapping things.

Chatbot should be part of your ui instead of replacing the ui.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by selalipop on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:08PM (#36364583)

I hear this often, but you don't need to surface the output of an LLM as chat

I made https://notionsmith.ai and technically it's "chat based", but the user isn't exposed to 99% of the chatting: the only chat interface on the site is there more as a bonus feature than anything.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by cj on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:28PM (#36364814)

I agree your app shouldn’t be labeled 100% a chat bot, but the primary method of interacting with it is via natural language, which is the fundamental difference the article is describing.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by CharlesW on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:11PM (#36364626)

> You have to type what you want instead of tapping things.

On phones, I'd expect that voice will be a more popular input method than virtual keyboards.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by ChatGTP on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:17PM (#36364699)

It’s not really convenient in many situations.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by malfist on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:13PM (#36364652)

That works in isolation, but not when you're not home. Do you want to talk to your phone in a public restroom, or the subway, or in the office?

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by civilitty on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:21PM (#36364747)

> Do you want to talk to your phone in a public restroom

I don’t know about you but freaking out all my fellow toileteers with loud phone conversations about my kinky exploits is one of the purest pleasures in life.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by CharlesW on Friday June 16, 2023 @07:11PM (#36365248)

From what I've observed, people have no problem talking to other people in public places. I don't see why this behavior would change for non-human listeners.

I regularly use speech-to-text transcription publicly. With my mouth close to the mic, I can speak softly enough that people outside of my personal space can't hear.

That being said, keyboards still have their place. Certainly, I use ChatGPT on my phone several times a week using keyboard input, and it's not particularly onerous.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by Aeolun on Friday June 16, 2023 @09:40PM (#36366327)

Personally I’m mildly disturbed at the legion of people currently staring at and tapping at their phones suddenly switching to muttering at them.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by coldcode on Friday June 16, 2023 @09:06PM (#36366100)

Once your chat voice listener can access your private information like bank accounts, etc., I imagine things will listen to you everywhere. Perhaps every phone or device will be listening like Find My Devices except being Take My Money.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by Sophira on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:39PM (#36366684)

People do that already. It's just that when they do so it's normally a phone call.

There's no reason people couldn't make interfaces that use the same speaker as a phone call does.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by basch on Friday June 16, 2023 @07:13PM (#36365261)

Maybe instead of a keyboard of letters there is an array of words to build commands from.

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