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0 pointsnamaria1y ago0 comments

You do understand that 'you're holding it wrong' is a cop out about some brittle system?

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theshrike791y ago· 2 in thread

It’s also a reference to the fact that the intuitive way of using AI isn’t always the correct way.

You need to hold it a bit weird.

If there is extra and 'weird' cognitive load to using the product that promises to bring it to zero, it's an indictment of that product.

I'm sure driving cars was "weird" and unintuitive to people accustomed to horses.

Touchscreen phones were weird for a long time. Now physical keyboards on phones are an expensive oddity.

Things change, what is "normal" varies over time.

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