Conversational Interfaces: Not the Future, but an Augmentation
2025-04-01
This essay challenges the notion of conversational interfaces as the next computing paradigm. While the allure of natural language interaction is strong, the author argues its slow data transfer speed makes it unsuitable for replacing existing graphical interfaces and keyboard shortcuts. Natural language excels where high fidelity is needed, but for everyday tasks, speed and convenience win. Instead of a replacement, the author proposes conversational interfaces as an augmentation, enhancing existing workflows with voice commands. The ideal future envisions AI as a cross-tool command meta-layer, enabling seamless human-AI collaboration.
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