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Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by vineyardmike »

ravila4 wrote: post #60
elliotec wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You just described what I do with my ultrawide monitor and laptop screen. I can be fully immersed in a game or anything and keep Claude in a corner of a tmux window next to a browser on the other monitor and jump in whenever I see it get to the next step or whatever.

It’s a similar idea, but imagine you could fire off a task, and go for a run, or do the dishes. Then be notified when it completes, and have the option to review the changes, or see a summary of tests that are failing, without having to be at your workstation.

You can do this today with OpenAI Codex, which is built into ChatGPT (and distinct from their CLI tool, also called codex). It will allow you to prompt, review, provide feedback, etc via the app. When you're ready, there is a GitHub PR button that links into a filled out pull request. It has notifications and everything.

There are a handful of products that all have a similar proposition (with better agents than OpenAI frankly), but Codex I've found is unique in being available via a consumer app.

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by vidarh »

andsoitis wrote: post #63
cadamsdotcom wrote: post #4

Love the idea & spitballing ways to generalize to coding.. Thought experiment: as you write code, an LLM generates tests for it & the IDE runs those tests as you type, showing which ones are passing & failing, updating in real time. Imagine 10-100 tests that take The tests could appear in a separated panel next to your code, and pass/fail status in the gutter of that panel. As simple as red and green dots for tests t…

> Imagine 10-100 tests that take Doesn’t seem like high ROI to run full suite of tests on each keystroke. Most keystrokes yield an incomplete program, so you want to be smarter about when you run the tests to get a reasonably good trade off.

You could prune this drastically by just tokenizing the file with a lexer suitable for the language, turn them into a canonical state (e.g. replace the contents of any comment tokens with identical text), and check if the token state has changed. If you have a restartable lexer, you can even re-tokenize only from the current line until the state converges again or you encounter a syntax error.

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by vidarh »

> “You’ll no more run into another airplane than you would try to walk through a wall.”

People do walk into walls, though.

I see the appeal of the idea, but it's not a replacement for something that actually agressively demands your attention when there are high risk events.

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by smolder »

smolder wrote: post #128
furyofantares wrote: post #68

I'm very curious if a toggle would be useful that would display a heatmap of a source file showing how surprising each token is to the model. Red tokens are more likely to be errors, bad names, or wrong comments.

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Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by kevinphy »

This whole Copilot vs HUD debate instantly brought to mind a classic Japanese anime from 1991 called Future GPX Cyber Formula (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_GPX_Cyber_Formula). Yeah, it’s a racing anime set in the then-distant future of 2015, where cars come with full-on intelligent AIs.

The main character’s car, Asurada, is basically a "Copilot" in every sense. It was designed by his dad to be more than just a tool, more like a partner that learns, adapts, and grows with the driver. Think emotional support plus tactical analysis with a synthetic voice.

Later in the series, his rival shows up driving a car that feels very much like a HUD concept. It's all about cold data, raw feedback, and zero bonding. Total opposite philosophy.

What’s wild is how accurately it captures the trade-offs we’re still talking about in 2025. If you’re into human-AI interaction or just want to see some shockingly ahead-of-its-time design thinking wrapped in early '90s cyber aesthetics, it’s absolutely worth a watch.

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by vidarh »

smolder wrote: post #132
smolder wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope, not surprising. Parent changed their text but they are just as wrong.

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Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by torginus »

I read you, but unfortunately despite the limitations of current AI tech, all companies covertly/overtly market themselves as human replacement not human augmentation solutions with the aim of cutting out expensive experts out of the loop, not making them more productive, even though the messaging might say otherwise from time to time.

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by smolder »

vidarh wrote: post #146
smolder wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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