This chapter covers
- Questions that can help you decide whether to build a certain AI-based product
- Questions that can help you decide whether to use conversational AI as an assistant for a certain task and the challenges that may arise
- Caveats before writing software as an LLM wrapper so that an LLM does the heavy-duty work under the hood
This chapter includes a short checklist to use when determining whether AI will work well for you. The list contains seven questions, which I hope can help you unveil the challenges and opportunities of using AI. The first three questions are framed within the context of building an AI-based, production-level product, such as a travel-planning app based on a large language model (LLM). I hope these questions will help you determine whether a certain AI-based product could be successful before building it.
The following three questions are framed within the context of using conversational AI in daily work, such as an LLM to help you code. I hope they will help you figure out whether AI is a valuable addition to your workflow.
Finally, the last question concerns the new practice of building apps in the form of LLM wrappers, in which an LLM does the job under the hood, and the app manages the LLM. This question is intended to help you determine whether this approach will be suitable for your needs.