Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop.

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  Customising an operating system by asking an agent replaces esoteric config syntax as the way customisation actually works.

  Customising a system by asking an agent for it is precisely the chat-shaped interface Hashimoto argues is the wrong tool once the work becomes meaningful.

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• The chat box is not the final form of working with models; it is radio shows recorded onto television. PSPeter Steinberger12 Feb 2026Googlechat interfaces
• The leading chatbots are undifferentiated: in a blind test most people could not tell one model's output from another's. BEBenedict Evans2 Sept 2025Googlechat interfaces
• Bing's Sydney, not ChatGPT, was the first truly fantastic chatbot. TLTobias Lütke15 Sept 2026OpenAIchat interfaces
• ChatGPT exploded because of its obvious chat interface, not its technology, which had launched earlier in a different wrapper that few noticed. JZJulie Zhuo12 May 2025OpenAIchat interfaces
• Half the population in rich countries is not articulate enough in writing to use prompt-driven AI well. JNJakob Nielsen26 Jun 2023OpenAIchat interfaces

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