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Why use CLI tools for AI Analysis

Why use CLI tools for AI Analysis

ChatGPT was released roughly three years ago, and in that time, we've gotten lots of different ways to talk to AIs, like Google Gemini, Perplexity, and Cloud. Most of these can run in a number of different platforms, like your phone, a website, or a downloadable app. But the terminal can feel a bit awkward to use with complex commands. So you may be wondering, why would anyone want to use a terminal tool like Cloud Code instead of a website? I have the chatbot, web version of Cloud, and our terminal side-by-side. The chatbot certainly has some advantages. It's an easy-to-use interface with lots of built-in tools, but it also has a lot of limitations and disadvantages. Let's say I want to perform some analysis on birth data from this website. I've taken the time to download the data to my local hard drive and I want to do some AI analysis, but the problem is these files are huge. There's two files here that are almost five gigabytes in size and even some of the others are more than 30…

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