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This is giving me flashbacks to the days when MS Access (and later on Visual Basic) ruled this segment of the market.

It's interesting to think there's still a market for this type of small scale enthusiast application.

One scenarios I've been thinking about recently is the death of the generic app.

If LLMs end up being able to create software easily, why wouldn't we choose to have software that's totally aligned our specific needs?




Not just totally aligned, but also "just-in-time" and ephemeral: an LLM goes and does/builds it on request, and then destroys all artifacts when the request has been fulfilled?

If the persistence of something incurs a cost in storage and security, and the traditional penalties of efficiency and learning-curves are removed, why not recreate it every time its needed?


I like this idea.

As an analogue to this; would each iteration adapt and evolve in the same way an organism might?


Maybe not "evolve" but certainly would be different every time, right? If it already knows every conivable way to generate something, it stands to reason it will be different every time, as every request will be a little different, even if it's just the temperature of the room.

As a thought exercise: if I could automatically generate, at no cost in money or time, a "disposable" vehicle for every single trip I took, wouldn't it make sense that it would be different every time, even though the basic requirement (transportation) is the same? Why bother generating a car with A/C if it's cold out? Why have a passenger seat if I'm just going to the corner store for milk?


Yes, but then familiarity is often a positive quality.

Knowing where the AC always is, could be seen as a benefit (even if you don't want to use it).

By aim for iterative improvements, the system could focus on personal contextual features; and the way we end up using a product over time.


Ah, yes, preference! How well will the AI know what we prefer without us having to articulate it every time. Very good, I like this.

Let's turn that on it's head: maybe we engage with AI/AI products that seem to just provide outcomes we prefer. Let's say all AI will probably be able to generate all manner of things, but we might like Z AI because when I ask for Y kind of widget it builds ones I seem to just...prefer more. It seems to "just get me".


I suppose, if your best friend, PA or butler knew you really well, they might have a really good idea of the kind of thing you might like.

If the AI has a very close link to you, and observes a lot of what you do, it might have a much clearer idea of what you want and need.

And if it was linked to your mind ...




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