LLMs will substantially change the way we compute, meaning use technology in general. That’s a given fact for me and many others, simply based on the point that current interfaces are built around the idea that only humans can reason and think. Transformers and LLMs change that completely, and this opens up so many new doors as to how humans and technology co-exist. Notice how I didn’t say “humans use technology”, because I would want to move away from the premise of me “using” tech. Things should feel natural, and technology should move in the background.
Because currently, every time I am using my computer, I feel like this can’t be the best way we have to work, and every time I am in public transport and see everyone scrolling on their phones I feel like this can’t be the end of where technology lead us.
There are 2 camps here, about how the computer of the future will look like, and I’ve had a very interesting discussion a few days ago (March 2024). The question is – will everything evolve around a chatbot, or will a chatbot just not play a role at all when it comes to the future of computing? I see both visions, but the second one seems far more innovative. Let me explain.