{"blyg":"0.4","id":"727fwgsk45s15w1n24tx891nfg","kind":"thread","origin":"https://blyg.bricolage.io/","page":"t/727fwgsk45s15w1n24tx891nfg/","author":{"name":"Kyle Mathews","url":"https://blyg.bricolage.io/"},"created":"2026-11-08T03:01:03Z","updated":"2026-11-08T03:02:57Z","version":1,"content_md":"![[7ce8bjxg7mgp3zk1vh34v65zbj]]\n> Alan Kay's answer to Can an “AI command line” replace the GUI as the primary user experience for computers, assuming the technology improves and irrespective of today’s state? - Quora\n\nhttps://www.quora.com/Can-an-AI-command-line-replace-the-GUI-as-the-primary-user-experience-for-computers-assuming-the-technology-improves-and-irrespective-of-today-s-state/answer/Alan-Kay-11\n\n> A good UI is much more than a command environment, it also needs to teach in various ways, it needs to be safely explorable in many ways, etc.\n\nYes — this is exactly what I say when talking to people about AI replacing SaaS — SaaS isn't just a tool — it's a deeply thought through and optimized *teaching* tool for how to do a business process. A SaaS vendor knows an immense amount about a specific way of working by virtue of helping 1000s of companies do that task — that knowledge is embedded in the app.\n","content_html":"<blockquote class=\"blyg-transclusion blyg-partial\" data-blyg-id=\"7ce8bjxg7mgp3zk1vh34v65zbj\" data-blyg-version=\"1\" data-blyg-origin=\"https://ammdi.hyperphor.com/blyg/\">\n<p>Alan Kay&#39;s answer to Can an “AI command line” replace the GUI as the primary user experience for computers, assuming the technology improves and irrespective of today’s state? - Quora</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.quora.com/Can-an-AI-command-line-replace-the-GUI-as-the-primary-user-experience-for-computers-assuming-the-technology-improves-and-irrespective-of-today-s-state/answer/Alan-Kay-11\">https://www.quora.com/Can-an-AI-command-line-replace-the-GUI-as-the-primary-user-experience-for-computers-assuming-the-technology-improves-and-irrespective-of-today-s-state/answer/Alan-Kay-11</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A good UI is much more than a command environment, it also needs to teach in various ways, it needs to be safely explorable in many ways, etc.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Yes — this is exactly what I say when talking to people about AI replacing SaaS — SaaS isn't just a tool — it's a deeply thought through and optimized <em>teaching</em> tool for how to do a business process. A SaaS vendor knows an immense amount about a specific way of working by virtue of helping 1000s of companies do that task — that knowledge is embedded in the app.</p>\n","content_hash":"sha256:2e7247cc1bd26df7d3a46ef6e76179fdb6d970d846fa13aceb5868b420cde371","media":[],"transclusions":[{"id":"7ce8bjxg7mgp3zk1vh34v65zbj","version":1,"origin":"https://ammdi.hyperphor.com/blyg/","selector":{"exact":"Alan Kay's answer to Can an “AI command line” replace the GUI as the primary user experience for computers, assuming the technology improves and irrespective of today’s state? - Quora","suffix":"\nSome interesting thoughts, but "},"cited":{"source":"AMMDI Blyg","excerpt":"Alan Kay's answer to Can an “AI command line” replace the GUI as the primary use…","url":"https://ammdi.hyperphor.com/blyg/f/7ce8bjxg7mgp3zk1vh34v65zbj/","retrieved":"2026-11-08T03:02:57Z"}}],"stub_of":{"origin":"https://ammdi.hyperphor.com/blyg/","id":"7ce8bjxg7mgp3zk1vh34v65zbj","version":1,"cited":{"source":"AMMDI Blyg","excerpt":"Alan Kay's answer to Can an “AI command line” replace the GUI as the primary use…","url":"https://ammdi.hyperphor.com/blyg/f/7ce8bjxg7mgp3zk1vh34v65zbj/","retrieved":"2026-11-08T03:02:57Z"}},"changelog":[{"version":1,"at":"2026-11-08T03:02:57Z","note":null}]}