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CHAT IS AI'S COMMAND LINE

wattenberger.com5 min read

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Chat is useful for rough direction, but it becomes awkward when people need to make precise edits or understand the state of ongoing work. The piece argues for AI interfaces built around direct manipulation, visible state, and reversible experimentation, much like spreadsheets and graphical desktops expanded computing beyond the command line.