Chatbots-Are-AI-Antipatterns

Why did we fall in love with chat interfaces for human-ai interaction? Let us leave them behind once and for all. Chatbots are AI anti-patterns! Last year, I built a chat-based calendar agent that allowed me to check my schedule, create entries, and align my calendar with those of my colleagues. I imagined it would feel like having a personal assistant. I hoped I just needed to throw over who I wanted to meet, and the scheduling would be magically done. I built it out… It worked fine. I started using it... It took me a week or so until I never touched it again. I quickly returned to the traditional, manual GUI process. You may have had similar experiences. My question is as follows: Is it just a matter of time? Is the technology “just not there yet”? Or is a chat interface an anti-pattern for human users? Maybe a chat is just not a great interface for a calendar. Perhaps a chat is a terrible interface for most things. A well-designed GUI is an information abstraction layer. A second ... Read full article.