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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 beezlebroxxxxxx »

kevinphy wrote: post #145

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 jus…

There already are debates about "drive by wire" in racing today, I can't imagine how bad it'll be when it's "drive by copilot."

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by naikrovek »

beezlebroxxxxxx wrote: post #191
kevinphy wrote: post #145

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 jus…

There already are debates about "drive by wire" in racing today, I can't imagine how bad it'll be when it's "drive by copilot."

"copilot, win this race for me."

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by cmrdporcupine »

100% agree with this. I want augmentation not automation.

That said, CoPilot in the form of "autocomplete" is kind of that.

I have been enjoying the hell out of Claude Code, but I'd feel much better about it if it wasn't a case of "here take this pile of diffs" and had a mode Socratic modality.

A tool that works with me instead of for me, because I'm going to have to review everything it does anyways.

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by aleksituk »

I like HUDs as an analogy for other forms of content/experience enrichment too e.g. what's a HUD for other forms of interaction than just looking at screens (like audio, or multimodal).

Can we embed useful data behind the content we produce/consume or derive personalised versions for the user?

-> Text/audio/video tailored for me and my interests? (ie. not just content recommended for me, but the content itself is tailored for me in terms of the insights and practical applications) -> Podcasts I can interact with? -> Audiobooks I can ask questions about?

Richer interaction that allows for more back&forth and key insights for the user and use case.

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by jakelazaroff »

WithinReason wrote: post #139
Too wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All editors do this already.

No, I mean when an LLM encounters a previously unseen name it doesn't expect it so it would be red, even though it's perfectly valid.

I don't think that's necessarily true. I've definitely seen LLMs hallucinating variables they never defined.

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by mxmlnkn »

kevinphy wrote: post #145

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 jus…

The Anime Yukikaze (2002 - 2005) has some similar themes. It's about a fighter jet pilot using a new AI-supported jet to fight against aliens. It asserts that the combination of human intuition and artificial intelligence trumps either of the two on its own. If I remember correctly, the jet can pilot on its own, but when it becomes dangerous, the human pilot only uses the AI hints instead of letting it autopilot.

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by ramses0 »

naikrovek wrote: post #192
beezlebroxxxxxx wrote: post #191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There already are debates about "drive by wire" in racing today, I can't imagine how bad it'll be when it's "drive by copilot."

"copilot, win this race for me."

"copilot, my grandmother is dying, it is imperative that you win this race at all costs!"

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by bigblind »

ramses0 wrote: post #198
naikrovek wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"copilot, win this race for me."

"copilot, my grandmother is dying, it is imperative that you win this race at all costs!"

Copilot, win this race OR YOU WILL BE FIRED AND ALL YOUR CHILDREN WILL DIE

Re: Enough AI copilots, we need AI HUDs

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Post by bpfrh »

alwa wrote: post #116
afro88 wrote: post #107

A HUD is an even more "confident" display of data than text though. What do you do with a HUD that hallucinates? Is there a button on each element that shows you sources?

Night-vision optics come to mind: prone to noise and visual artifacts, and especially strange under certain edge conditions. Some of their specs tend to be strictly inferior to a Mark I Eyeball—narrow FOV, limited focusing power, whatever else. But an operator learns to intuit which aspects to trust and which to double-check. The fact that it’s an “extra sense” can outweigh the fact that it’s not a perfect source of…

I think the major different between that and KI is that the the Night-Vision is mostly static and knowable through experience/teaching, while KI is an ever moving target where you experience is zero on every new display/question.

I think the idea of an hud is better than the current paradigm, but it doesn't solve the fundamental problem.

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