Is “agentic browsing” really what the main population is asking for, or is it yet another push for LLM use similar to Microsoft putting “Copilot” in every single product of theirs?
(I am guessing most of the HN crowd is not using Chrome because of the Manifest v3 debacle.)
xnx•1w ago
> Is “agentic browsing” really what the main population is asking for
Not by name, but I think normies are going to be impressed when they can ask their browser to do something and it does it.
netsharc•1w ago
I've been using Gemini to plan a vacation (boo, hiss), it's surprisingly useful. It can look up flights (from Google Flights) or hotels (from Maps), has info about busy weeks in the destination, etc..
I guess "agentic browsing" will mean the user being able to say "Note this item" and then a few pages later ask "How does the product on this tab compare to the one I asked you to note 5 minutes ago". Or just to jot down notes.
Of course doing things manually is also possible, but hey, we can also add numbers by hand, or we can open Excel (of course Excel doesn't hallucinate, or does Excel Copilot 365 offer that feature?).
Somehow Gemini seems to have a lot of "insider knowledge" that one could gleam by reading a lot of forums and YouTube videos... or one can put faith in it and hope it's not hallucinating (safer for things like trips than for healthcare, so says I as I board my flight to Iran...)
Diti•1w ago
(I am guessing most of the HN crowd is not using Chrome because of the Manifest v3 debacle.)
xnx•1w ago
Not by name, but I think normies are going to be impressed when they can ask their browser to do something and it does it.
netsharc•1w ago
I guess "agentic browsing" will mean the user being able to say "Note this item" and then a few pages later ask "How does the product on this tab compare to the one I asked you to note 5 minutes ago". Or just to jot down notes.
Of course doing things manually is also possible, but hey, we can also add numbers by hand, or we can open Excel (of course Excel doesn't hallucinate, or does Excel Copilot 365 offer that feature?).
Somehow Gemini seems to have a lot of "insider knowledge" that one could gleam by reading a lot of forums and YouTube videos... or one can put faith in it and hope it's not hallucinating (safer for things like trips than for healthcare, so says I as I board my flight to Iran...)