New essay:
The case against conversational interfaces

• Natural language is a bottleneck
• The "pass me the butter" test
• AI as augmentation

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https://julian.digital/2025/03/27/the-case-against-conversational-interfaces/

“My favorite example of truly effortless communication is a memory I have of my grandparents. At the breakfast table, my grandmother never had to ask for the butter – my grandfather always seemed to pass it to her automatically, because after 50+ years of marriage he just sensed that she was about to ask for it. It was like they were communicating telepathically.

*That* is the type of relationship I want to have with my computer!”

Very insightful article