Conversational interfaces are a bit of a meme. Every couple of years a shiny new AI development emerges and people in tech go "This is it! The next computing paradigm is here! We'll only use natural language going forward!". But then nothing actually changes and we continue using computers the way w
The obsession with conversational interfaces likely stems from two places: sci-fi and CEOs (and other executive, businessy types) who are used to ordering people around.
When I used those things, I absolutely understood why a CEO would want those to be the future. It’s everything they’re looking for: a strident, confident yes man machine who will produce without consternation any kind of spin (unethical or not) to any kind of gibberish content requested.
The obsession with conversational interfaces likely stems from two places: sci-fi and CEOs (and other executive, businessy types) who are used to ordering people around.
“Do this, do that, and read between the lines!”
Maybe the tendency for LLMs to shower the user with praise for their prompts also makes them attractive to egocentric CEO type of personalities?
When I used those things, I absolutely understood why a CEO would want those to be the future. It’s everything they’re looking for: a strident, confident yes man machine who will produce without consternation any kind of spin (unethical or not) to any kind of gibberish content requested.