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> the approach where "agents" accomplish things by using the browser/desktop always seemed off to me It's certainly a much more difficult approach, but it scal
by alach11 2y ago
> the approach where "agents" accomplish things by using the browser/desktop always seemed off to me
It's certainly a much more difficult approach, but it scales so much better. There's such a long-tail of small websites and apps that people will want to integrate with. There's no way OpenAI is going to negotiate a partnership/integration with <legacy business software X>, let alone internal software at medium to large size corporations. If OpenAI (or Anthropic) can solve the general problem, "do arbitrary work task at computer", the size of the prize is enormous.
- brap 2y agoThis is true, but what would make sense to me was if "Operator" was just another app on this platform, kind of like Safari is just another app on your iPhone that let's you use services that don't have iOS apps. When iPhones first came out I had to use Safari all the time. Now almost everything has an app. The long tail is getting shorter. You can even have several Operator-y apps to choose from! And they can work across different LLMs!
- samvher 2y agoA bit like humanoid robotics - not the most efficient, cheapest, easiest etc, but highly compatible with existing environments designed for humans and hence can be integrated very generically