Is AI's Biggest Problem the Interface Rather Than the Model?
ZeroSkillLegend · reddit · 2026-09-16
A Reddit post argues that while models keep improving, most AI interactions still boil down to typing text into a box and hoping the model gets it. Humans understand tasks using far more context—files, past work, deadlines, preferences, software state, examples, and the real goal behind the request. The author asks what an AI interface would look like if designed around the task rather than the chat box, sparking discussion about how context, state, and memory should enter the UI as an alternative to the chat paradigm.
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