chatbots
7 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Mar 8, 2017 by Lee Hower · across every show →
Everything said about chatbots, oldest first
Mar 8, 2017 bearish
Hower: Standalone chatbot and messaging AI companies are overhyped and unsustainable
“I think not sustaining, there's a lot of emphasis on Sort of chatbots and messaging AI happening at a messaging layer. I think that's actually going to be critical in many, many ways to a broader array of applications, but I think undue emphasis has probably b…”
Aug 30, 2017 bearish
Oct 13, 2017 positive
Von Ahn: Chatbots Work for Language Learning but Not for Math
“I don't think it's all that useful to have something like teaching math where you have a chatbot because the conversation is not the real element. You know, you're somehow trying to teach math. Whereas in languages, you're trying to teach the conversation. So …”
Jun 24, 2024 neutral
Luan: Hallucinations help chatbots but destroy AI agent reliability
“Having hallucinations in chatbots and in, like, image generators is, like, a really good thing, right? Because it gives you like, a starter tool for, like, getting to, like, solve the blank page problem, right? Like, and, like, gives you, like, little bits of …”
Jul 31, 2024 positive
Aug 19, 2024 negative
Jan 22, 2025 negative
Sivulka: Current AI chatbots deliver mostly superficial value
“Right now we have these chatbots or these, you know, surface level search engines that, that give you facetious, you know, surface level value. You know, it'll help your kid cheat on their homework, but to drive to whether or not something's a good investment …”