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> I disagree about the success of chatbots, if the problem is narrowly-defined and chosen properly. If you can narrow the problem down, then you could design a much better interface for it than a text box and free form text (unless that's the better solution). As for as AI assisted engineering goes, the thing is that after some time with a project, you already have much of the workflows and routines nailed down as sc…
> If you can narrow the problem down, then you could design a much better interface for it than a text box and free form text (unless that's the better solution). Yes, I agree, in that the chatbot we built probably would have worked just as well with a traditional UI, and would have been done a lot faster. But it would have been a lot less sexy (actually important for the bottom line!) and there are future directions…
That’s what the author have been saying. They do for nice demos which sell the illusion of having Jarvis in text format, but the usefulness is not really proven. And that may be important business wise. But as far as end users is concerned, there’s not a lot of productivity boost.