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Amelia Wattenberger boosted:

Couldn’t agree more with the thoughts of @wattenberger

https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/boo-chatbots

@cellphonetower so glad you noticed those!

@daaain yes yes yes!

@seblammers 🙏 🤞 🤞

@keithjgrant ❤️ so glad you caught the overscroll shapes!

😅 please indulge a quick rant about why chatbots aren't the future of interfaces

https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/boo-chatbots

Amelia Wattenberger boosted:

A wonderful article by @wattenberger about her work exploring the limitations of chatbot interfaces, and the potential for new ways to interact with LLMs.

Featuring a typeface I designed with my colleagues at Lettermatic, Parclo Serif. 🔤

https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/boo-chatbots

#LLM #LLMs #chatbots #UX #UI #design #typography

A headline set in Parclo Serif which reads: Why Chatbots are not the Future.

@judell the suggestions need a bit of tweaking, but I really like the idea of allowing users to have a back & forth on specific suggestions! Especially if they teach something or feed back into future suggestions

@rzen thanks Brian! I wish the "slow" part were a bit faster 😅

I nominate the logo as the next-gen Clippy

some weekend progress on my AI writing buddy tool

✨ controls describing the piece to help guide suggestions
✨ filterable suggestion types
✨ a more expansive-feeling style
✨ and most excitingly! I made a cute lil logo for a new ChatGPT-suggested app name

after extracting the icon paths, I replaced the green colors with CSS variables, which are populated with one of four sets of colors

an array of four sets of colors in a light, medium, and dark shade

I spent some time collecting adorable icons from http://svgrepo.com, then recoloring them in Figma with a set of 5 greys and 3 greens.

~50 icons in figma that are colored in shades of grey and green

another day, another ✨ extra ✨ feature for my WIP article

I wanted example cards with icons that:
- were one of a small number of colors and shapes
- looked like things you would find outside a window

I'm also really digging these "related concepts" - something I've always wanted while writing.

An AI-generated comment on writing:
"This passage reminds me of the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes, who famously lived a very simple, minimalist life in a barrel. He rejected social conventions and material possessions, living only in accordance with his philosophical beliefs."

sometimes we need praise, too!

An AI-generated comment on writing:
"This is a lovely passage that showcases the character's love and care for nature. It adds a touch of whimsy and reinforces the theme of the story.

@judell this is great! I'm planning on adding things like "who are your favorite writers" as a way to help steer suggestions - I appreciate these examples!

@scriptautomate thanks! It is, I'll try to be more regular about it!

I have some really fun directions planned for my little AI writing tool, focused on slowly teaching better writing style.

I'm increasingly bullish on using AI to help us think harder, lifting ourselves up, instead of using it as a crutch

a writing app that shows the beginning text of Walden, highlighted with a change suggestion described as "Rearrange the sentence structure to improve readability and flow"

When combining AI + data viz, it's really interesting to explore where you add structure and where to take advantage of AI's "creativity"

Here is the US, with AI-generated watercolor state flowers for each state.

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