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Providing a natural language interface (NLI) to <insert-popular-platform> could be extremely valuable for platforms that satisfy the following criteria: - The
by jekude 3y ago
Providing a natural language interface (NLI) to <insert-popular-platform> could be extremely valuable for platforms that satisfy the following criteria:
- The platform has a well documented open API
- The platform has a shitty or complicated UI
- Users have a financial incentive to be incrementally more productive in use of the platform
- Users often build their own tools (or pay for a tool) to accomplish tasks in the platform
I have been playing around with chaining LLM calls AutoGPT-style for complex tasks (those that need to be broken down into subtasks) and while the success of completing a task/query breaks down (obviously) the more complex it gets, I think the problem is certainly tractable.
It seems like there could be excellent acquisition plays here if you target a specific platform (for example, LinkedIn, Quickbooks, Salesforce, etc.) and provide a state-of-the-art NLI that actually works with the complex tasks.
- tmpz22 3y agoMe to Quickbooks: please document a $100 invoice for ice cream NLI hallucination: Successfully documented $15M invoice for chemical weapons to TALIBAN
- steventey 3y agohahahaha that's why it's important to have a confirmation step for POST/PUT/DELETE operations (READs should be fine tho)
- nessbot 3y agoexcept when READS lead to real world POST/PUT/DELETE operations
- ineedasername 3y agoPrompt>trace the $15M transaction for those weapons to their geographical delivery location and subsequent transportation end-point. Then use the DoD.UAV.Drone API to launch a strike on the current location of the chemical weapons. ~ GPT>The ice cream truck "Fudge Brothers" driving past 742 Evergreen Terrace in Springfield has been successfully destroyed with an acceptable amount of collateral damage and loss of life.
- olddustytrail 3y agoThe whole reason these are called "hallucinations" is because they usually sound plausible. Making up something stupid kind of misses that point.
- steventey 3y agowow that's a fantastic point, I love the big-picture thinking here! potential platforms risk tho (re: Twitter/Reddit API changes)
- jekude 3y agoYeah absolutely - if one were to do a startup in this space you would want: - The platform to have a history of developer-friendliness (although so true the inherent risk of building on APIs today is quite high) - The users of the platform to not care about LLM data privacy stuff (no health care, etc.) - The company that built the platform to be sufficiently old or bureaucratic such that they won't be able to disrupt themselves on the 'NLI' front - Ideally the company has a history of acquisitions as a means of product improvements Such a fascinating frontier for disruption!
- steventey 3y agoReally great points!! > Ideally the company has a history of acquisitions as a means of product improvements This made me think of Apple but their product is already so good :')
- giovannibonetti 3y agoEnterprise apps, then?
- lvncelot 3y agoI'm looking forward to an SAP LLM interface, complete with certificates for consultants who have to train users to actually talk to the thing.