Will Wu: Traditional screen user interfaces will not be replaced by AI
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Will Wu, CPO of Match Group and former Snap executive, rejects the notion that conversational AI interfaces will make traditional graphical UIs obsolete.
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“I don't think that the previous human computer interaction paradigms are going away. For instance, look at, like, the command line interface. That was one of the original ways to interact with computers. Like, people are still using command line interfaces today. And then the graphical user interface, you know, on a PC, on a desktop, even though we have these incredible multi-touch user interfaces on our phones today, People are still using graphical user interfaces on their PCs. They're still using command line interfaces in a similar vein. I think people will continue to use user interfaces on a screen, on a laptop or on a phone, even in a world where talking to a computer through a large language model is pervasive.”
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