Small hypothesis: I bet people like AI chat interfaces in some part because they are “clean” – simple text, easy to process, consistent visuals, no ads, no pop-ups, etc.
To use a cliche example: Even if it wasn’t in any way “smarter,” it’d still be nicer to ask ChatGPT for a recipe than go to a webpage to read that recipe. Its interface is a natural “reader mode.”
But… that’s not going to last.
@mwichary
A direction being explored—badly—by Facebook.
When reading an article, email, message, or thread in any source, I’d like to be able to open a side channel conversation about *that* source—and its context—using my chatbot of choice. Essentially, ask a follow up question.
I currently use Claude based on: its performance; abllity to use instructions to tune its reply style; and its background refinement of contextual Memory that’s easily to read, correct, or refine manually.
