Should AI Assistants Know Everything About Anything?
Konstantine Shirshov
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Over the past year, we've seen an explosion of new conversational AI products. Some help you sleep better, others strengthen relationships, and many guide you toward healthier eating habits.
But here's the catch: I often find myself confused when I ask these assistants something outside their niche. For example, how do I write a function in Python? Should my virtual fitness coach know the answer to that? Do I expect a detailed response?
Humans don’t usually work that way. So, what's the right answer?
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Dan Melnichuk@danil_melnichuk
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In my ideal world I should have an ai-assistants team and ai-team-manager. I can ask code question my code-assistant directly, but if I doubt about nature of my question, I can ask manager-assistant to redirect me to the best assistant for my case
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@danil_melnichuk hmm..make sense. By the way, I liked the Webstorm AI companion on writing code - it doesn't give answers to non-programming questions
For me, it might be better to have context-specific AI agents for each task:
An AI Doctor that knows all my health context and the latest health science,
An AI Mentor that understands my career track and the best practices for my niche.
In your case, I would expect to be redirected to a specific AI agent who could answer my question more accurately.
I'd say if I can have only one AI Assistants that knows everything that'd be ideal — no need to switch between them in my daily tasks
Breathhh
I think subconsciously we’re more likely to trust an AI assistant if it stays focused on its specific area of expertise. So if you ask it to write a line of code and it responds with: «Dude, I’m a nutritionist, not a programmer». It feels more authentic
Pallie
The trickiest thing for these assistants is to know and utilize your real-life context. Most of them lack it and provide just very generic, useless advice.
Pallie
My personal well-being is closely tied to writing Python functions, to be honest.
@promised_land Absolutely! As a researcher in medical AI: the health of many people will depend on well-written Python code 😄
I think AI assistants should have vast, adaptable knowledge bases that can cater to any user request, whether it's about fitness, coding, or relationship advice. Just as we expect humans to have diverse knowledge. I like the thought that I can rely on a single AI for all my needs, like I have a true digital genie at my command.