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

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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 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.

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 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.