Chatbot Interface

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George predicts consumer AI's final form will be proactive agents, not chatbots
“The end use case for consumers is not going to be a chatbot interface. Like that's the skeuomorphic version. We're going to have a native version. It's going to be proactive. It's going to do work on our behalf.”
David George Sep 10, 2026 ▶ 44:57 Why Investors Are Rethinking Everything for the AI Era
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Evans: Differentiating a chatbot is like differentiating a web browser
“The chatbot itself is kind of like trying to differentiate a web browser in that you've got an input box and an output box, and how can you make them different if the whole point is that you can type in anything and get anything out.”
Benedict Evans Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 12:50 Benedict Evans: OpenAI’s Moat Problem & the Future of Software

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