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What even is an OS now?

310 points · 479 comments · fratellobigio

  1. tonymet · · focus · HN ↗
    I would say the OS is even more necessary for two major areas:

    * improved authorization, transparency and control. Presently OS's have privileged and unprivileged modes . AI has too many privileges in unprivileged modes (all credentials, all files). better control over delegating authority is needed.

    * improved interface consistency. UIs still inform people on the capabilities and intentions of the machine. A blank text box with an agent is not informative. How many people have the agency to turn the blank box into a creation. A UI illustrates the toolbox available to people and the machines broader capabilities

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