Chatbots as the MS-DOS Phase of AI Interfaces

Airbnb CEO @bchesky says the chatbot is a "pre-AI interface," rather than the end-state interface for artificial intelligence: "We're in the MS-DOS phase of AI." "The future AI interface will have a reference to chat, but it's probably going to be much more visual. Most people aren't completely text-based." "The chatbot is really a pre-AI interface that we've plugged onto this incredibly powerful engine." "I really think the models are even more powerful than people realize, because we have hardly harnessed them." From @bchesky's January 2025 appearance on the show.