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I've been discovering this for the first time over the last 24 hours and, much like many others, it really has blown my mind. My various thoughts have been: -

I've been discovering this for the first time over the last 24 hours and, much like many others, it really has blown my mind. My various thoughts have been: - This does feel like a new way of accessing information. Could Google pivot to this? Maybe, but turning ships that large really isn't quick or easy. And this technology is so obviously useful that I'm not sure they'll be given much time. - Is this what we can expect from the new Apple search engine? Is this going to be another iphone-unveiling moment? Maybe, but they haven't been amazing at delivering cloud services. - How is this going manifest in my professional life. Does InteliJ/VSCode have a built-in agent that I can ask to draft code for me? Do they own that, or does my IDE just hook into GPT BigCo's service that we all have a subscription for? - How could this be used to generate advertising revenue? (because I'm sure Google is asking itself that question). Is that possible, or will a different revenue stream be required? - Are there any major limits on how much this technology can improve? Sure it seems to work great with images, prose, and code. But in the future could it design me a house? Plan a wedding? Manage my builders for me? Be a friend? Or do those involve solving other additional really hard problems, and code/images/prose are just the low hanging fruit? - Will API design not matter? Will APIs become more important, or irrelevant? Will this technology just be able to use whatever interface you want to present to the world, be it an old XML SOAP API, a reactive web frontend, or running shell commands? - How much training data is required for this technology to be able to use our services? Do only huge services have enough training data out there? Can this technology ever learn to use my little new REST API that I've just published docs for? Will my little service be forever ignored if it cannot? Answers welcome EDIT: Minor proofing changes

rjlee 4y ago
It’s pretty overwhelming to think about what humans will do with this kind of technology, as well as how powerful the non-public tech is. In response to limitations: like how people have used the internet and other applications, the primary limitation is the individual user. With complex objectives (eg building a house), each subproject will require less specific, technical knowledge (eg finding locations, developing blueprints, communicating with necessary parties and institutions, budgeting), but demanding more broad, sophisticated judgment and executive planning to make the actual decisions. I don’t really know or feel confident in that answer, but it was my impulsive reaction & I enjoyed reading your comment.

rjlee 4y ago

It’s pretty overwhelming to think about what humans will do with this kind of technology, as well as how powerful the non-public tech is. In response to limitations: like how people have used the internet and other applications, the primary limitation is the individual user. With complex objectives (eg building a house), each subproject will require less specific, technical knowledge (eg finding locations, developing blueprints, communicating with necessary parties and institutions, budgeting), but demanding more broad, sophisticated judgment and executive planning to make the actual decisions. I don’t really know or feel confident in that answer, but it was my impulsive reaction & I enjoyed reading your comment.