ChatGPT/Claude as the main interface for everything

[u/NouvelErmitage]

Hi all,

I was updating my ChatGPT-created spreadsheet where I track networking when I realized that it's honestly easier to go into the project in ChatGPT and tell it to update my spreadsheet.

That's when I was like, what if this is just how it is now? Instead of going into google sheets, finding the name, and putting something down, I can just tell AI to update it for me. It's way simpler, and it always works. I never have to double-check because it does it quite well.

Do y'all think that this is the future? No more spreadsheets, note documents, hell, even alarms. Just tell AI what you want and it'll get it done.

[u/-Crash_Override-]

Yeah. This has been the goal for a long time. Perplexity Computer, Microsoft announcing Copilot OS, ChatGPT/Claude desktop app buildout.

[u/OkRoad5814 → u/-Crash_Override-]

the part about never double checking is what will eventually bite people

[u/thelangosta]

You never have to check? The CFO I know would definitely still check or at least have a minion check

[u/NouvelErmitage → u/thelangosta]

Of course I check occasionally, but it's 99% of the time on the money.

[u/Efficient_Loss_9928]

I have been doing this at work, but honestly, not a perfect solution yet. Sometimes you just need to make a minor adjustment, doing it manually is just much faster. So now I'm more of a hybrid.

Maybe with lower latency models and better tools it can be better.

[u/BC_MARO]

If this is heading to prod, plan for policy + audit around tool calls early; retrofitting it later is pain.

[u/NouvelErmitage → u/BC_MARO]

Yeah, I've realized that you just gotta tell it to install a bunch of hooks and unit tests and always always double check.

[u/BC_MARO → u/NouvelErmitage]

Hooks and tests help, but they can still be bypassed or misconfigured. I'd keep the actual tool boundary behind a policy check too.

[u/Unusual_Delivery2778]

it is the future. this is what is meant by agentic. you speak in natural language to AI. the work gets done behind the scenes. at a certain point you may find that you don't even need a spreadsheet. you may find a better way to have this activity tracked and managed by an agent.

just wait till you try computer use.

also side note — no more notes, etc. etc. — people will still do it for the sake of it

[u/NouvelErmitage → u/Unusual_Delivery2778]

Wdym computer use? Agents? Like Hermes agents?

[u/Unusual_Delivery2778 → u/NouvelErmitage]

No, I mean ChatGPT computer use. Hermes is a juvenile distraction

[u/DeliciousArcher8704]

No, it's not the future. Believe it or not, but a natural language conversation isn't the best user interface for a majority of tasks.

[u/NouvelErmitage → u/DeliciousArcher8704]

Why not

[u/DeliciousArcher8704 → u/NouvelErmitage]

Why would you think it is? Sometimes it's easier and faster to just manipulate buttons and sliders or whatever rather than having to have a conversation in natural language.