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I don't care what powers your service as long as it works. Chatbots are now finally starting to work (when powered by LLMs). If I can explain what I'm looking

I don't care what powers your service as long as it works. Chatbots are now finally starting to work (when powered by LLMs). If I can explain what I'm looking for and the chatbot can understand... that's easier than any UI out there.

marginalia_nu 3y ago
A lot of these chatbots are jumping out at you and trying to sell you stuff like sales people. I have a problem talking to them even if they work.
- micromacrofoot 3y ago
  These are the chatbots that don't work. They're simple scripts that can not handle new information, and fail to recognize requests that fall out of a very narrow path of wording.
  - marginalia_nu 3y ago
    Even if they are advanced I do not want to have to explain what I want in natural language.
    - micromacrofoot 3y ago
      Natural language worked pretty well for this comment! it’s one of the most basic forms of communication and we’re going to see a lot more of it.
      - marginalia_nu 3y ago
        It's good at some tasks, but it's ranging from inferior to inadequate for many others. The biggest drawback is its opaque affordances. It's not immediately apparent what is the range of things I'm able to ask a chatbot about, even if its language processing is advanced. This is a problem with humans as well. Like if you ask me which questions I'm able to answer, I won't be able to provide an answer. Overall I feel like natural language interfaces is like 3d cinema. It's a novelty more than bringing much actual value.
JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> Chatbots are now finally starting to work Because if you mash HUMAN in all caps they actually forward you to support?
zerocrates 3y ago
Maybe people use these chatbots for different things but for me they're only ever as useful as what they let you do. LLM technology letting them carry on a more realistic conversation with me, all that stuff, I don't really care about. All that matters is what it's empowered to do, where it can hook into the real system underneath. I don't really have much sense that this will be expanded vs. the kinds of systems we have now.

marginalia_nu 3y ago

A lot of these chatbots are jumping out at you and trying to sell you stuff like sales people. I have a problem talking to them even if they work.

micromacrofoot 3y ago
These are the chatbots that don't work. They're simple scripts that can not handle new information, and fail to recognize requests that fall out of a very narrow path of wording.
- marginalia_nu 3y ago
  Even if they are advanced I do not want to have to explain what I want in natural language.
  - micromacrofoot 3y ago
    Natural language worked pretty well for this comment! it’s one of the most basic forms of communication and we’re going to see a lot more of it.
    - marginalia_nu 3y ago
      It's good at some tasks, but it's ranging from inferior to inadequate for many others. The biggest drawback is its opaque affordances. It's not immediately apparent what is the range of things I'm able to ask a chatbot about, even if its language processing is advanced. This is a problem with humans as well. Like if you ask me which questions I'm able to answer, I won't be able to provide an answer. Overall I feel like natural language interfaces is like 3d cinema. It's a novelty more than bringing much actual value.

JumpCrisscross 3y ago

> Chatbots are now finally starting to work Because if you mash HUMAN in all caps they actually forward you to support?

zerocrates 3y ago

Maybe people use these chatbots for different things but for me they're only ever as useful as what they let you do. LLM technology letting them carry on a more realistic conversation with me, all that stuff, I don't really care about. All that matters is what it's empowered to do, where it can hook into the real system underneath. I don't really have much sense that this will be expanded vs. the kinds of systems we have now.