Comment by altern8
8 days ago
> I think, is that everyone who needs small software to manage a todo list or synchronize files, or whatever "normal" people do, will end up with bespoke personalized software written by their own AI
People can't be bothered to cook for themselves, and often order crappy, unhealthy food that costs 10 times as much just so they don't have to cook.
Now they're going to build their own software every time they think they need an app..?
I think this is an interesting analogy. If AI is really progressing as rapidly as some describe, should we expect a robotics renaissance with automated-chef appliances etc?
In other words, when will we really see a transition from "yet another token generator" to something that appears to coherently observe, perceive, form intent, plan, and act in a way that is compatible with an existing, long-running human context?
(And, also, do this with enough determinism to be a viable product and not some gaping liability...)
If these things happen, they will be privacy nightmares, just as our cars are becoming.
I agree, in practice.
In theory, they could be made to strictly compartmentalize their "memories" and exercise some kind of robot-client privilege. There could even be built-in, task-appropriate data-retention limits and anonymization algorithms to reduce the risk of leaks.
But instead, we should assume they will be made to remember too much and to send abusive levels of reconnaissance and other telemetry back to their parent companies. Because anything less is "leaving money on the table" and that has become the greatest sin of all... :-(
Gemini at least will produce small functional inline sample apps without being explicitly told to, particularly if you're trying to learn about something, it'll produce an interactive diagram or similar. I can see a future where these kinds of end users aren't necessarily saying "I can build an app for this", but their AI can just produce one when appropriate.
If they can do it from their couch by talking to their phone, they might.
While eating the junk food I was talking about :-D
They can be bothered to order food. The machine will figure out the rest with the help of other machines and the network
So, machines will allow ordering an app.
Yeah, I think this will really be a thing. I have been using `exe.dev` lately, and I was at an AirBnB with my family where we wanted to play a game, but it needed pencil and paper for each person, but we didn't have those. I thought it would be nice to have a little web app where you could write your input and then vote on other people's responses directly from your phone. I just spun up a VM on exe.dev, asked the AI to write the app, and then made the VM public-facing. It was a little buggy, but it worked well enough and we had a fun time.
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i assume the food will be made by machines too
> Now they're going to build their own software every time they think they need an app..?
As others have said, this will be more like ordering food than "building". It's not there yet, but soon-ish it might be.
the thing is they won't need to "cook" anymore to get it done. they can just... describe what they want to eat.
"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot"