Analysis: Only Three Types of AI Products Are Currently Effective
By
emschwartz
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Summary
The article argues that despite massive investment in AI, most products are essentially just chatbots. The author identifies only three types of AI products that currently work effectively: chatbots (the original and most popular LLM application), AI assistants that integrate with existing workflows and data, and AI tools that solve specific, well-defined problems rather than attempting to be general-purpose solutions. The piece critiques the proliferation of superficial AI applications and emphasizes the importance of practical, focused implementations over hype-driven development.
Key quotes
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As far as I can tell, there are only three types of AI product that currently work.
The very first LLM-based product, ChatGPT, was just the ability to talk with the model itself: in other words, a pure chatbot.
This is still the most popular LLM product by a large margin.
For the first couple of years of the AI boom, all LLM products were chatbots.
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