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Um. What exactly does Sky do? Can anyone list the top 20 things?

Based on the intro video on their website and the linked article, it's an LLM agent for your Mac, so in short, what Apple Intelligence should've been from the very start. Create calendar events, look up information, send messages, etc.

These all seem like things that are more work to instruct and AI to do then to just do yourself

Where a lot of these tools fail is "first instruction accuracy". Put another way, what percent of requests are fulfilled accurately without needing to clarify your intention to the AI.

For voice assistants to really work, they need to nail the request on the first attempt in 95%+ of cases.

When the first time success rate for a request drops too low, it indeed becomes way easier to just do it yourself rather than asking the voice assistant for help.

The fact that we haven't solved this problem for basic things like turning on or off a TV doesn't give me much confidence in the future of voice assistants. I find myself frustratingly repeating commands to Siri way too often.

In the showcase video on their site I saw it generate an AI reply to friend group.

  A.C.K.: Wanna get [drinks] before?
  
  Sky: Drinks at Trick Dog before dinner work for you guys?

That's kind of cool I guess. I can imagine it useful for those friend groups that sometimes get demanding or overwhelming.

I can also imagine it being really good at getting a high valuation and selling for millions/billions of dollars.

Do people want AI to surprise sign them up for social engagements?

Yeah, I mean AI bros from valley can partner with "small businesses" like bars, clubs, bowling alleys, restaurants and fill those rooms with more people by auto signing them. Life is all about experiences as a service. Not the boring old stuff that one can buy outright from the stores.

> for those friend groups that sometimes get demanding or overwhelming

okay now I agree with boomers

But does it do it well, or are we focusing on how nice the Mac UI is?

Author here: it apparently does it _very_, very well. Based on the few sample interactions I've seen and read about, it makes Claude Desktop look like a Ford Model T in terms of polish and overall look and feel.

I'm not overly crazy about the logo and buttons underneath the interactive windows, but the way it can infer window content and structure from any app (either by leveraging Accessibility or by just hacking at it I'm not sure yet, but one of the demos requires good UI introspection) makes it seem much better integrated than anything else I've used so far.

It does just one thing really. It bridges the gap between what you want to do and how to do it.

What does this mean?

Simple. It acts as a dynamic catalyst, seamlessly aligning strategic intent with operational execution. By abstracting complexity and enhancing cross-functional synergies, it empowers stakeholders to realize outcomes without friction—transforming ambition into scalable impact through an intuitive, always-on intelligence layer.

Have you tried ZomboCom's AI solution?

We're talking about an Apple product here. We don't talk about that stuff.

We do periods. Because it just works.

What's a computer?

Last century, we showed you how to Think Different.

Now you'll never need to think again.

Can you provide an example or two demonstrating this?

So, it saves you some clicks

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