I see three seeds of massive possibility in the era of AI, but each currently with a low ceiling.
- I see three seeds of massive possibility[dc] in the era of AI, but each currently with a low ceiling.
- MCP shows the power of integration of data.
- However, the lethal trifecta sets a low ceiling; the more you integrate with powerful tools, the more dangerous prompt injection gets.[dd][de]
- Chatbox UX shows the power of open-ended UIs.
- But it's limited to walls of text.
- GUIs are lindy for a reason!
- UI teaches you how to use the thing, by showing affordances for what you can do.
- UI helps us keep track of structured information over time in a way that drafts off our inherent spatial reasoning.
- The future of software will be a blossoming of those seeds, with the ceiling somehow transcended.