Scott Jenson’s Post

Typing into an LLM is like typing in the command line. It's primitive. What is the Graphical User Interface equivalent? No one knows because all they can do is spit out text. As soon as #LLMs can output something more structural, we can 1984 this technology and actually do something interesting. https://lnkd.in/gvXSPqPE

I think this is brilliant: 1. Use #LLMs to prompt YOU to explain your idea 2. Paste LLM output into your app attributing it to an LLM 3. Have a "Paste Edits" command the *merges* the new text over my own, making the changes clear and allowing me easily review/correct.

And the AI bubble, all too predictably, started to burst. https://lnkd.in/gjwCfD22

Months of programming can save you days of critical thinking

This talk my Marcin Wichary is a complete delight. It works on so many levels. The ideas of course, but the slides, OMG the slides had me slack jawed. And then the interactive session! And the sorting! It just kept building. I dream of building slide decks like this. https://lnkd.in/gnQTNGiZ

I'm looking into how #LLMs are working and finding that, like any tech, they have pros and cons. FIgma's recent announcements are a perfect example. The things most focused on "text based" interaction, e.g. renaming layers, appears reasonable functions as expected. Not earth shattering, but nice. The 'build from a text prompt' is a toy and everyone that has used it, so far at least, is less than impressed. The "find something like this" functionality however, looks amazing as it allows me to find a fully fledged, human created example with components and autolayout (something the AI tools either don't do or are very toy-ish) So understanding what #LLMs can do well and what they're kind of "meh" at is important. I'm not saying you're wrong, we CAN build some of these features, but the rush into 'it'll be awesome' is looking a bit premature. It's understandable that people want to see the tech prove itself out. People are just SO FOCUSED on being first, being the thought leader ahead of everyone else. You don't HAVE to be first. The mobile apps that had the most success were the ones that came much later, after the dust had settled.

Early alpha tester of the #Figma "AI tools": "Those of you worried about the AI functionality, hopefully this eases your mind a bit: it’s pretty useless and gimmicky in its current state. Very few of us in the test group even cared about it. Did not speed up my workflow at all whatsoever." This doesn't mean proper generative AI will never come, but like I've been saying for awhile now, it's actually much harder in visual domains than people think. https://lnkd.in/ghrHWQA3

My post asking you all for volunteer resources to keep me busy in my retirement was a great success. LOTS of suggestions, Thank you! I've summarized them into a github repos: https://lnkd.in/gjnuJ8nd There is a mountain of people in the tech space that want to help and having a resource like this could be helpful. Any suggestions/improvements are welcome!