Truly the next uncharted, civilization-upending frontier in computing, definitely worth the unlimited consumption of any and all natural resources and investment money.

that’s “boring” reactivity because it’s still just interacting with the text on a computer in a synchronous fashion. The idea is for the assistant to DO stuff and also have useful information about you. Think more along these lines:

- an email to check in for your flight arrives in your inbox. Assistant proactively asks “It’s time to check in for your flight. Shall i check you and your wife in? Also let me know if you’re checking any bags.” It then takes care of it ASYNC and texts you a boarding pass.

- Tomorrow is the last day of your vacation. Your assistant notices this, see’s where your hotel is (from emails), and suggests when to leave for the airport tomorrow based on historical google maps traffic trends and the weather forecast.

- Let’s say you’re married and your assistant knows this, and it see’s valentine’s day is coming up. It reminds you to start thinking about gifts or fun experiences. Doesn’t actually suggest specific things though because it’s not romantic if a machine does the thinking.

- After you print something, your assistant notices the ink level is low and proactively adds it to your Amazon / Target / whatever shopping cart, and it lets you know it did that and why.

- You’re anxiously awaiting an important package. You ask your assistant to keep tabs on a specific tracking number and to inform you when it’s “out for delivery”.

I could go on but I need to mae breakfast. :) IMO “help me draft this letter” is very low on the usefulness scale unless you’re doing work or a school assignment.

Clippy, is that you?