Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Reducing the time spent typing on the keyboards reduces the number of interruptions. There are new tools that reduce both.

I can type fairly fast. At least I give myself credit for that. Like everyone else, I am interrupted while typing. I could estimate number of interruptions per hour or some rate like that.

The math shows it obvious that one way to reduce the number of interruptions is to reduce the time typing. I should learn to type faster. I really should, but that method of reducing interruptions has its limits, and I am pretty close to those limits now.

Enter a new technology called the large language model and these generative AI tools. What I find in my use is that they reduce typing. I ask questions, a 500-word essay pops out, copy, paste, and edit.

I find the biggest benefit of these tools is the reduced typing. Reduced typing time, reduced interruptions.

Yes, there are problems with these new tools. No, I don’t use them blindly. Yes, they can reduce typing and reduce interruptions. That is a benefit that comes with several noteworthy detriments. Still, it is a benefit. Let’s try to take advantage and reduce interruptions.