What is Text-to-Action?

ChatGPT Is pretty cool. But what if you could tell it to “Build me a copy of TIkTok, release it and if it doesn’t go viral, create a variation”.

This is call text-to-action. It refers to A.I.’s ability to take human language and turn it into new software.

This is what former CEO of Google Eric Schmidt thinks is coming in the next year. What will the implications of this be?

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The official ChatGPT definition:

Text-to-action is a concept where textual commands or descriptions are converted into specific actions or responses. It’s often used in the context of technology and programming, where a text input, such as a command or query, triggers a particular behavior or function.

For instance, in software and applications:

  • Voice Assistants: Saying “Turn off the lights” might trigger the smart home system to turn off the lights.
  • Programming: A command in a script like “delete file” might execute a function that deletes a file from the system.

In a broader sense, text-to-action can also refer to any system where written or spoken text is interpreted and acted upon, bridging the gap between human language and machine execution.