alt Hacker NewsThis is my litmus test.
If AI is really as wonderous as everybody says, why didn't all the employees of all the AI companies simply type "Claude, file my taxes for me" as a prompt and walk away?
This is my litmus test.
If AI is really as wonderous as everybody says, why didn't all the employees of all the AI companies simply type "Claude, file my taxes for me" as a prompt and walk away?
Because having to ask suggests that the AI didn't already do it for you pre-emptively.
If you're not yet waking up to AI completing tasks for you that you didn't directly ask for, you might be falling behind the curve. A good personal assistant does what you ask, a better personal assistant knows what you need before you do and has it completed before you reach your desk. AI is already starting to reach into the latter category.
(edit: dialled back some unnecessary snark.)