> An "AI chatbot" is far inferior to a real user interface.
That's because you're lucky. You have good enough sight and you can use your hands. Unfortunately, that's not the case for millions of people especially since our populations are aging more.
I'm curious about your response here, as I'm certain that I'm missing something. I have cerebral palsy, which comes with issues using my hands. I've also had noticeable degradation with age of my eye-sight over the past couple of years. That said, I'm not sure how a chatbot helps people with these issues. Typing multiple sentences into the chatbot interface is certainly more tiring and error prone that click a few buttons. Similarly, reading multiple lines of minuscule text in a chatbot window is more eye strain than a couple of menus with large text (the larger text being possible since less words need to fit on the screen).
As a developer, I care about accessibility issues. Given your statements, there's obviously a gaping blind spot in how I'm thinking about these issues. Could you elaborate a bit more on the topic?
Alexa, Siri, and Google Home are essentially AI chat bots using microphones. The former two can barely process anything you ask but you can still get a lot done with them.
That's because you're lucky. You have good enough sight and you can use your hands. Unfortunately, that's not the case for millions of people especially since our populations are aging more.