### Main ideas - [[interfaces allow humans to interact with complex systems]]. - In software engineering, a great example of an interface is an API, which takes internal functionality of a complex system and presents it in a simple way. - [[People are willing to pay a lot of good interfaces]] - Find a good tool or system that is useful but hard to use - Build a better interface - Profit! - Not only screens and GUI are interfaces. Humans can be interfaces too. For example: lawyers are an interface between humans and the complex systems of legislation. - Translating what users want into a language that can be understood by highly capable computational systems can is essentially the [[AI alignment]] problem. A large part of this transaction is an [[interface]] design question. - Good interfaces would prevent this: - ![[25BC5B65-8810-49F3-83A0-9EB1C8FE3C8C.png]] ### My thoughts - This way of thinking of an [[interface]] supports the premise that interfaces are crucial for collaboration and alignment. - Interfaces, such as [[dialogue]], provide a way for humans to collaborate with complex systems. ### Bibliograpy “Interfaces as a Scarce Resource - LessWrong.” n.d. Accessed February 22, 2022. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hyShz2ABiKX56j5tJ/interfaces-as-a-scarce-resource.