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AI's Biggest Flaw? The Blinking Cursor Problem
AI's potential is immense, yet clunky user interfaces and a lack of discoverability are holding it back from seamless adoption. To unlock AI’s true power, we need interfaces that guide, adapt, and engage—moving beyond the blinking cursor to something more intuitive, proactive, and, ultimately, more human.
General purpose – GenAI is adept at a wide range of tasks, including translation, creative writing, computer coding (and much more besides) and can undertake more nebulous activities such as being “a friend”. Back then very few people knew what to do when faced with this screen, and while ChatGPT (and co) are much more powerful than a BBC Micro, the blinking cursor surely evokes the same response - “what am I supposed to type into this box?”, or simply “how do I work this thing?”. While this technique allows you to supplement the foundational model with extra data and instructions, personally I think the main advantage of custom GPTs stems from them being quite clear about what you can do with each AI tool.
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