Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces

Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by add-sub-mul-div on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:53PM (#36365077)

Yeah this is what I call the Minority Report fallacy. People see or imagine an interface that looks or sounds cool, but don't think through what it would be like to really use it every day.

Do I really want to wave my arms to control an interface? No, they'd get tired immediately. A mouse on a desk where I can rest my arms isn't sexy because it's not new, but it's pretty much ideal.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by pmoriarty on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:00PM (#36365626)

"Do I really want to wave my arms to control an interface? No, they'd get tired immediately."

They would, but only because you're not used to using them much.

Using our arms more would probably be really good for us.

If we had to use our legs and feet to move a mouse then computer programmers might be some of the fittest people on the planet, instead of some of the fattest.

I say this while lying on my bed and tapping with my fingers on my tablet... we're doomed...

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by add-sub-mul-div on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:17PM (#36365733)

You're right, we should probably all work out more, but gravity is gravity and I'd still rather not fight it all day.

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by 8note on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:19PM (#36365746)

If you consider assembly line or like, Amazon box packing workers, they move their arms all day already, fighting gravity

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Re:Generative AI is also a revolution for computer interfaces by raincole on Friday June 16, 2023 @09:36PM (#36366305)

And. I'm sure most people here don't want to be an Amazon box packing worker even if the pay is comparable to programmer's.

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