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by TMWNN 1016 days ago
>It may take a while to get from GPT-3 to Microsoft Middle Manager 2.0. But the path is clear now.

I was intrigued by the announced Business Chat feature for Microsoft Teams <https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/11swyeu/introd...>, but learned that it is just summaries of conversations. That's not quite what I'd imagined, which is something like this:

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A: ... and that is why I think we should go with option 1.

B: No, the points you mentioned support my case for option 2.

C: Nothing you guys have said changes my mind about option 3 being best.

D: Business Chat, what do you think?

BC: Based on this discussion, and my research, option 1 seems more realistic but option 2 would be more profitable if possible. My reasons are ...

C: Business Chat and you guys all don't understand point N, which is the main reason why option 3 is best.

B: Higher profit is exactly why I think option 2 is the way to go.

A: No, our rival is going to hit the market next month. We need to get something out there ASAP. Option 1 can do this.

D: You've all given me things to think about. Thank you for coming. Business Chat, email me a summary of the meeting, and set up a followup meeting for Tuesday 3pm.

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That is, AI used as a colleague/assistant, not necessarily subordinate but not seen as omniscient, either; another viewpoint to consider. Like you said, Middle Manager 2.0. When do you think the above will be feasible? This year? Five years?

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It might be more an issue of "if" than "when". Can LLM even go beyond being "interactive textbook"? On the other hand, looking at constant complaints from data scientists, ChatGPT can replace them here and now. It might not be able to understand the problems, but supplying boss with arguments that support their decision is the matter of weeks, maybe just an extra preamble/prompt will be enough.