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lowk why not just do astra computer use
by cl685 16d ago
lowk why not just do astra computer use
- smpandya 16d agoI tried this myself - my conclusion was the overhead of parsing a screenshot, generating an action, and being limited to headful mode is much less efficient than reading accessibility trees & generating CDP commands. basically, browser automation is a closer-to-the-metal abstraction than computer use, allows more flexibility, and ends up being much cheaper at scale!
- vishalanton 16d agoAstra with computer use seems to burn a ton of tokens though. Stagehand seems more token efficient.
- ChemSpider 15d agoIf agents need to run on the desktop or logged into a user's real browser, the alternative would be Ui.Vision MCP. But stagehand is designed for backend use, so apples and oranges.
- polski-g 15d agoMoney?