François Chollet on Twitter: "Considering how much easier it is to understand something with an image than with text, I doubt the UIs of the future will be language-based"

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1. Joe Toledano‏ @JosephAToledano 3 Jul 2017
  Replying to @fchollet
  
  the latest (and most practical) iteration of: "a picture says a thousand words"
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1. Ben Reinhardt‏ @Ben_Reinhardt 3 Jul 2017
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  Depends on the thing right? Sometimes it's much easier for someone to describe what they want than try to draw a picture of it.
  
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1. Josh Dance‏ @JoshDance 3 Jul 2017
  Replying to @fchollet
  
  Agree but also disagree. For a completely unfamiliar interface, text is sometimes way easier.
  
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1. Neil Lawrence‏ @lawrennd 3 Jul 2017
  Replying to @fchollet
  
  Advantage of language is it's single threaded, prevents distractions with ads and social media (like now when I'm supposed to be working)
  
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1. Humberto Moreira‏ @humbertomoreira 3 Jul 2017
  Replying to @fchollet
  
  That's a good point and often overlooked, I think it comes down to info density and context, which varies by medium
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1. ابْن عَلِي Beigh الدهلوي‎‎‏ @kMBeigh 3 Jul 2017
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  Won't it itself become a language then? We have been on this road before in human history I think.
  
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1. Kalpesh Krishna‏ @kalpeshk2011 3 Jul 2017
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  I don't think programmers will ever leave the terminal.
  
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1. Una Cadegan‏ @Ohioan49 3 Jul 2017
  Replying to @fchollet
  
  You must be kidding--have you ever tried to figure out which button closes the elevator doors and which keeps them open?
  
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