... OK, I'm cutting myself off now - I added one last section, "Miscellaneous additional thoughts", with further thinking inspired by the conversation here: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jan/7/call-it-ai/#misc-thoughts - plus a closing quote from @glyph
@simon @glyph This is an interesting piece, Simon - thank you for writing it.
I wonder if you're not somewhat undermining your own argument somewhat.
There is no reason at all why the interface to an LLM needs to be a chat interface "like you're talking to a human". That is a specific choice - and we have known for decades that humans will attach undue significance to something that "talks like a person" - all the way back to Eliza. 1/
@kittylyst @glyph I'm more than happy to undermine my own argument on this one, I don't particularly strong opinion here other than "I don't think it's particularly useful to be pedantic about the I in AI".
100% agree that the chat interface is a big part of it, and also something which isn't necessarily the best UI for working with these tools, see also: https://simonwillison.net/2023/Oct/17/open-questions/#open-questions.005.jpeg
