The goal is to present a magic software interface.
I want to say, "forget about apps. What do you want to do? How can I help you?" ...and be an interface to the people who can make these things happen, whether it's location-based services, "business logic", or integrations with other platforms.
I want to offer a service like Magic, for concierge, but include software development as one of those services. Lazily, on demand.
Presenting everything in threads, including graphical elements, is what I see enabling this wizard of oz approach to creating new software on demand.
It's also how I imagine eliminating the clutter of 'traditional' software. Instead of throwing a bunch of buttons, links, and menus at people and hoping they can navigate it... Slater just tells you what to do next, and never shows more than a small handful of choices at a time... and always gives you a way to ask for something different. And if it's something unexpected, it gets handled by a human, and that's how we learn what to build. If a human isn't available immediately, it will ask for permission to holler back later (push notifications, email, etc).
I don't think words do it justice. I just have to show it. FML.