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Nothing new. We've allowed humans to use computers for ages.

Security-wise, this is closer to "human substitute" than it is to a "browser substitute". With all the issues of letting a random human have access to critical systems, on top of all the early AI tech jank. We've automated PEBKAC.

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I don’t know any human who’ll transfer their money or send their private information to a malicious third party because invisible text on a webpage says so.

Yeah this isn’t a substitute, it’s automation taking action based on inputs the user may not even see, and doing it so fast without the likelihood a user would intervene.

If it’s a substitute its no better than trusting someone with the keys to your house, only for them to be easily instructed to rob your house by a 3rd party.

This is like `curl | bash` but you automatically execute the code on every webpage you visit with full access to your browser.

Basically undoing years of effort to isolate web properties from affecting other properties.

The only weird thing is the "invisible" part. The rest is consistent with known user behavior.

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