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>>tablet+(OP)
One thing that I find truly amazing is just the simple fact that you can now be fuzzy with the input you give a computer, and get something meaningful in return. Like, as someone who grew up learning to code in the 90s it always seemed like science fiction that we'd get to a point where you could give a computer some vague human level instructions and get it more or less do what you want.

>>gdubs+Z
It's a radical change in human/computer interface. Now, for many applications, it is much better to present the user with a simple chat window and allow them to type natural language into it, rather than ask them to learn a complex UI. I want to be able to say "Delete all the screenshots on my Desktop", instead of going into a terminal and typing "rm ~/Desktop/*.png".

>>d_burf+Hz
That's interesting to me, because saying "Delete all the screenshots on my Desktop" is not at all how I want to be using my computer. When I'm getting breakfast, I don't instruct the banana to "peel yourself and leap into my mouth," then flop open my jaw like a guppy. I just grab it and eat it. I don't want to tell my computer to delete all the screenshots (except for this or that that particular one). I want to pull one aside, sweep my mouse over the others, and tap "delete" to vanish them.

There's a "speaking and interpreting instructions" vibe to your answer which is at odds with my desire for an interface that feels like an extension of my body. For the most part, I don't want English to be an intermediary between my intent and the computer. I want to do, not tell.