If you’re following the excitement around GPT-3 and ChatGPT and you’re involved in building apps for work, as a hobby, or as a side hustle, you are likely wondering how application user interfaces will change. Read Ben’s Bites daily newsletter (free) and you’ll see at least a dozen new startups…

Introduction: I’m curious, will GPT-3, ChatGPT, or any large (foundation) language model performing intelligent text completion reduce the need for traditional conversation designers, or even possibly eliminate them? Think about the role of a conversation designer; they construct dialogs for voice or chat-enabled tools. The traditional approach to crafting the dialog…

Astoundingly positive things will come from artificial intelligence, but we would hardly know that from the onslaught of magazines and movies that paint a despotic future. Storytellers know fear sells. So let’s just admit, AI, like any technology, will have its dark side but can we stop obsessing about robots…

How Bildr changes the game — Breaking the edit/compile/debug loop Thirty-five years ago I was hired by a company that was a spin-off from the MIT AI lab, and I was astounded at the speed of creativity coming from a single user workstation. I just kept wondering how in the world they could create so many amazingly beautiful programs in…

Both of these questions come up often when talking about the emerging trend of no-code application development and the impact on programmers. …

Why I’m Leaving the Color Grading Business I’m closing shop after nearly twenty years of media-related projects, seven of which were dedicated to color grading. Why would I give up the excitement of grading films and the satisfaction of sitting in front of all that cool gear, doing what always…