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1. ælena mxaffee (cobaltvelvet@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Mar-2023 00:47:17 JST ælena mxaffee

   ultimately i think chat-based computer interfaces are just another of those things that capitalists will bet their lives on but will never really catch on because it's pretty bad. there were many pushs towards this, the lln chatbots being only the latest one

   • ælena mxaffee (cobaltvelvet@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Mar-2023 00:47:47 JST ælena mxaffee

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     chat bots tried to practically replace web sites for a decade but it never worked because natural languages are an infinitely complex and ever changing mess, as it turns out, and 'it will work better if we trick ppl into thinking they're talking to someone' is not really a thing and you should just display the dozen available options plainly

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   • ælena mxaffee (cobaltvelvet@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Mar-2023 00:47:48 JST ælena mxaffee

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     the whole idea of 'personify the tool, making the interface as intuitive as a person' is standing on many assumptions, most of them being the imagination at the interaction of 'rich guy' and 'loves science fiction'

     what was easy to show into a film or describe in a book in the last 50 years is, to the surprise of everyone, not exactly the peak of user interface

   • ælena mxaffee (cobaltvelvet@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Mar-2023 00:47:50 JST ælena mxaffee

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     so anyway, all of this is just marketing department managers going into a collective fever dream. none of it is good, useful, revolutionary, or relevant

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