If AI is really as wonderous as everybody says, why didn't all the employees of all the AI companies simply type "Claude, file my taxes for me" as a prompt and walk away?
Because having to ask suggests that the AI didn't already do it for you pre-emptively.
To put this with less snark: if you're not already waking up to the AI completing tasks for you that you didn't even ask for, you've fallen behind the curve. A good personal assistant does what you ask, a better personal assistant knows what you need before you do and has it completed before you reach your desk. AI is already reaching into that latter category.
This is my litmus test.
If AI is really as wonderous as everybody says, why didn't all the employees of all the AI companies simply type "Claude, file my taxes for me" as a prompt and walk away?
Because having to ask suggests that the AI didn't already do it for you pre-emptively.
To put this with less snark: if you're not already waking up to the AI completing tasks for you that you didn't even ask for, you've fallen behind the curve. A good personal assistant does what you ask, a better personal assistant knows what you need before you do and has it completed before you reach your desk. AI is already reaching into that latter category.