Muse, Dots, and other always-on agents may be the end of the PC era. Once you’re asking agents to do things on their own virtual machines, it’s game over. Everything moves to the cloud
Anyone wondering "why would I use this when I can use (OpenClaw|Hermes|my own computer)" -- these new services are not really meant for you. They're meant for the non-tech savvy and for the next generation of AI-natives who won't know anything other than how to use these type of services
For your casual user, these services will be hard to beat, since they’ll handle all the expensive and hard parts of using computers. No computer purchase necessary, no troubleshooting with tech support, etc. They’re also scalable where you could have not just one agent with one computer at any time, but many
In return, the agent providers would own your compute and data. I can even see them offering this low cost or for free so they can train off of users. Lock in would be insane
For privacy reasons, I really hope we find equally useful, private alternatives on our own hardware
I think that’s kind of the point. People won’t be touch typing on a desktop keyboard. They’ll be using their voice or phone keyboards. They’re certainly proficient at that.
They would have used the voice by now and yet we're still all here correcting errors made by the touch keyboard. And no no one sane would use the voice in public or in office thinking out loud. Especially for doing basic things like pushing a button
You exactly described a couple of scenario where we love to talk, it's in our nature. People don't want to talk in public with a robot, telling it to sell all tether, buy bitcoin and book a table for dinner with a lover
In a short time, no one will care. You will not be able to distinguish a human voice from an AI voice, and people will talk to our agents for all kinds of things, in public, just like we talk to each other in public now.
jameslk · · focus · HN ↗
Anyone wondering "why would I use this when I can use (OpenClaw|Hermes|my own computer)" -- these new services are not really meant for you. They're meant for the non-tech savvy and for the next generation of AI-natives who won't know anything other than how to use these type of services
For your casual user, these services will be hard to beat, since they’ll handle all the expensive and hard parts of using computers. No computer purchase necessary, no troubleshooting with tech support, etc. They’re also scalable where you could have not just one agent with one computer at any time, but many
In return, the agent providers would own your compute and data. I can even see them offering this low cost or for free so they can train off of users. Lock in would be insane
For privacy reasons, I really hope we find equally useful, private alternatives on our own hardware
hollowturtle · · focus · HN ↗
oh please current generations can't barely use a keyboard
bcooke · · focus · HN ↗
hollowturtle · · focus · HN ↗
senordevnyc · · focus · HN ↗
hollowturtle · · focus · HN ↗
senordevnyc · · focus · HN ↗