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by medhir 301 days ago
> Thanks to large AI models, we’re now on the cusp of user interfaces built from simple prompts.

Idk. If this were true I feel like we’d be seeing the implosion of a lot of companies’ valuations. This statement of “we’re on the cusp” keeps being presented uncritically, as if the progress in LLMs hasn’t completely plateaued over the past year.

I don’t think we’re anywhere close to replacing real humans with brains. If anything, it’s becoming clearer by the day that LLMs are not doing anything like the abstract symbolic reasoning needed to build true quality software.
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FartinMowler 300 days ago
> ,,, we're now on the cusp ...

Would that be the same cusp self-driving cars were on 5 years ago? I think the benefits of LLMs are farther in the future but the (massive) costs are here today. Folks, invest your retirement savings carefully.

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arnon 300 days ago
it's going to happen.

we take a lot of things today at face value and that's not necessarily how things will work.

WHY do I still need to update fields in a CRM, why doesn't it just know that I've had an e-mail/meeting (that is auto-transcribed and tracked) and update it accordingly?

the ai-native variants of CRMs will look different for sure.

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