Design for the AI we have,
not the one we envision.
the AI we have now is dictated by the paradigm of foundational LLMs,
they are
general-purpose
they lack
internal representation
they consume humongous
energy
they also
reinforce stereotypes
people don't seem to realize the limitations and issues of LLMs,
and I think it’s because we are designing the wrong interface
human interface finds a middle ground between what the user wants to do and what the technology can do
a good human interface informs the user
the limitation of the technology
best operational practices
potential means of trouble-shooting
the primary interface for LLMs is chatbot,
which achieves none of the above
instead, the interface of chatbot assumes that we can interact with LLMs as if we are interacting with humans
if LLMs can converse like humans, chatbot makes sense.
But the technology is just not there yet.
so I designed a few small objects to illustrate some alternative ways we can interact with LLMs......