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We have 2 paths here:

- either evolve our UI systems for computers and let them operate efficiently, i.e. converting everything to API calls . Frontier labs are pushing for this, starting with the Chrome plugin that Claude Cowork mandates.

- or make AI systems use the screen like humans do - what the article is arguing for

Both of these paths are possible. One of them is much more efficient than the other in the long term. Another one may be inevitable.

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> - either evolve our UI systems for computers and let them operate efficiently, i.e. converting everything to API calls . Frontier labs are pushing for this, starting with the Chrome plugin that Claude Cowork mandates.

Yea, hasn't worked so far, devs and orgs have been pushing for APIs ages, same with structured data, eg schema.org

The third option is agent to agent communication, mcp, etc.

Throwback to a brief moment when everyone wanted to support IFTTT. If I remember, it ran out of steam because it takes away eyeballs from the actual application (social networks in-particular). The use cases are also rather niche.

Honestly I think we will get something in the middle. A lot of stuff will become API calls, but we will also have a lot of people-facing interfaces, and the need to use them automatically (for QA at the very least least). And then there are games

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