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Ethan Mollick Says Personal Agents Make Their Work and User Knowledge Hard to See

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Ethan Mollick criticized the user experience of Dot and other personal agents, saying users cannot easily tell what the agents are working on, what they know about them or what they will do for them. He made the criticism while sharing advice on working with Dot, which he described as good advice.

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    Ethan Mollick Says Personal Agents’ UX Makes Their Work and Knowledge Hard to See

    This is some good advice on working with a Dot (I will never stop capitalizing it, OpenAI!) but also a sign of the issues with the UX of Dot (& all personal agents) right now: you can't easily tell what they are working on, what they know about you, and what they will do for you https://t.co/7ikXeBxhWH

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