We’re now in the AI-first era, out of just the mobile-first one – and ChatGPT is ahead. That takes me back to those days when one had to buy every piece of device to assemble a computer: the motherboard, RAM, HDD, etc. When all was done and coupled, you needed the BIOS/firmware to come up so that your boot disk could pick from there, making it possible to begin the installation. Few more steps, you will see “Windows is installing…” as you’re now at the operating system level.
Just like that, you have moved from the machine language to the assembly language to the human-level language. Happily, your applications will begin to run in ways that everyone can understand; the DOS commands are masked and the computer is ready for use.
Fast forward today, you buy a new computer, you charge it for a few minutes to get juice, you press a button and everything happens at once: no RAM fix, no startup disk, and absolutely nothing required. They have masked everything and taken users straight to the human-level language’s application layer.
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That takes me to the hacks many are doing now to get ChatGPT to work on many things like WhatsApp. It seems like the decades-old experiences of coupling and installing things in computers. But I will say, wait for 3-4 years, the geeks of today, who have APIs advantages the people of old time did not have, to streamline things.
Yet, be careful with those GitHub things before you install your “future” away!
Update: as I was writing this piece, Intel which was making most of the microchips used during that time came to mind. These days, Intel is struggling:
A slow computer market continues to hurt Intel’s bottom line. The chipmaker lost US$664 million in the fourth quarter and reported about $14 billion in revenue, off 32% from the same period last year and below Wall Street estimates of $14.5 billion. The company is reeling from both a post-pandemic drop in chip demand and a pullback in consumer spending. It’s also struggling to keep pace with competing Asia-based chipmakers, The Wall Street Journal notes. Intel’s stock tumbled 10% after the earnings miss. Intel doesn’t expect a comeback anytime soon, forecasting US$10.5 billion to $11.5 billion in sales for the current quarter. Analysts were expecting US$13.9 billion. (LinkedIn News)
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Comment 1: Yeah, the advice is awesome : “Yet, be careful with those Github things before you install your” future” away! ”
Apart from the few repositories on Github that offer this integration, a few ready-made extensions have also been made for this purpose. We need to be careful as we accept this advances, else, our data will be at risk!
Comment 2: “Yet, be careful with those GitHub things before you install your “future” away!”
Well stated! Funny though.
Comment 3: I’ve spent the last one month trying to hack my way through this, I was able to integrate it using #Twilio Api as the only available option for now, however in few months time, I’m expecting more market dominator from other api competitor and providers.
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