Document Co-authoring

[AdamSobieski]

AI systems, e.g., ChatGPT-based, could co-author or collaboratively edit (mathematical) documents with groups of users.

Such AI systems could be interacted with via conversational user interfaces using auxiliary communication channels, e.g., as "bots" in instant messaging applications.

Also possible is that sidebar widgets could enable Copilot-like systems to be built into computer algebra systems and word processors. Such widgets could support multiple tabs, perhaps multiple groups of tabs, for multiple threads of dialogue to be open between teams of users and AI systems (though some document edits might invalidate some dialogue contexts). Such a sidebar widget could support multiuser chats for team document-authoring scenarios.

[physikerwelt]

@AdamSobieski I think this fits well with the vision of math.wikipedia.org, as actionable, we can consider integrating CAS, like we demonstrate on wmflabs.

[AdamSobieski]

Excellent. Co-authoring capabilities, collaborative editing, and "multithreaded" Copilot systems – for both single-user and team dialogues – would be great for computer-algebra systems and (mathematical) word-processing scenarios.

Brainstorming on user experience topics, perhaps – beyond useful (tabs-enhanced) side widgets for chat-based interaction – forums-style UX could be considered for supporting multiple simultaneous "threads of discussion" between teams of users and AI systems.

[physikerwelt]

I think the MediaWiki framework already is a good basis for working collaboratively. We did also install the collabpad extension for real time collaboration (however I think the impact of real time collaboration is öfter over estimate and a git like workflow provides higher quality). Regarding CAS, we implemented connections to backends of mathematica and maple. Enabling those would however raise licensing concerns. Maybe it would make sense to re-evaluate non commercial CAS maybe on Jupyter basis and see how they perform. I think the Jupyter UI is already now the second best choice after Wolfram Mathematica.