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You can't solve computer use by ignoring the interface

https://steelmanlabs.com/blog/computer-use-is-far-from-solved
29•mpavlov•3h ago

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dzonga•59m ago
that's what a lot of 'a.i' companies miss - unless you've formerly QA devs deployed as Forward Automation Engineers - writing scripts to automate most tasks done by humans in a service economy - by the time the a.i bubble busts it will all about the promise about a.i to transform the economy while it was near achieved.

browser automation, RPA etc can bring us closer to agentic workflows since most software doesn't provide an API.

euphetar•36m ago
Agreed and a lot of companies seem to have their head in the sand, just hoping AI agents will magic their way through the legacy

But I don't think RPA is the way. Or at least, not in the current state. I think AI agents with proper computer use are what RPA should be. Usual RPA is too brittle and maintaining it often requires more work than just doing the work

speak_plainly•24m ago
The little pencil effect is a nice touch.
juancn•18m ago
You lost me at the annoying trail on mouse movement.

You advocate for good UI and immediately make some crap that makes it hard to read/use your site. It's kind of ironic.

Please stop messing with: selection, mouse cursor, copy/paste, etc.

nvch•6m ago
Looking how much agents like to use and push to have functional a11y trees, we might accidentally solve accessibility as well
gandreani•5m ago
Meta: I like that the first comments are not about the model at all but the website's mouse trail. One is in favor and one is against. Sums up society pretty well hahaha.

On the model. Really cool that it can act every 70ms. That's more than 10x faster than TTFT in most inference APIs. It HAS to be a local model. No idea which family or which one it is or what hardware it runs in. These would be nice details to tease!

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