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> We’re collaborating with companies like DoorDash, Instacart, OpenTable, Priceline, StubHub, Thumbtack, Uber, and others to ensure Operator addresses real-worl
by jsheard 2y ago
> We’re collaborating with companies like DoorDash, Instacart, OpenTable, Priceline, StubHub, Thumbtack, Uber, and others to ensure Operator addresses real-world needs while respecting established norms.
If you're collaborating with the companies the agent is supposed to interact with, why not just have it hook into an API rather than jumping through hoops to interface with their GUI? I don't get it.
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- minimaxir 2y agoTo train it better to generalize for websites that aren't capable for APIs.
- jawns 2y agoThe point is to move beyond APIs. Being able to perform actions on a site, with the ability to perform the task successfully even if the site slightly changes under the hood, is a lot less brittle than interacting with an API.
- jsheard 2y agoThat's sounds significantly more brittle than a well defined API to me, especially given the prevalence of CAPTCHAs and other anti-bot heuristics.
- lenerdenator 2y agoAgreed. Now you're throwing in a presentation layer to wrangle with, and that presentation layer is HTML/CSS/JS, which is the thorniest presentation layer out there. Or, HTTP POST.