Company
Date Published
Author
Ryan Feigenbaum
Word count
1233
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The author reflects on their experience testing an experimentation platform's new MCP (Model Context Protocol) feature, which allows for seamless integration with AI tools like Claude Desktop and ChatGPT, enabling users to ask questions about experiments without navigating through the platform. This marks a fundamental shift in how experimentation platforms will evolve to become more fluid and accessible, allowing users to access their platforms in various modes such as conversation, visualizations, or precise controls, removing micro-barriers between thought and action. The author notes that while AI is still a poor experimentation partner due to its agreeable nature, the MCP feature enables experimentation without the need for users to come to the platform, making it more efficient and effective. As experimentation platforms become more fluid, they must also become more sophisticated in terms of governance and guardrails to ensure seamless interactions. The future of experimentation will be about meeting users where they are, through various modes, rather than conversational AI replacing experimentation platforms.