Always-On Agents Might Finally Get Me Off the iPhone
After using every iPhone since the 3GS, always-on agents are useful enough that I'd trade a worse phone experience for them. Apple's new Siri is better, but it isn't close to what frontier agents with their own computer can do.
I've been on the iPhone since the 3GS, and for the first time I can see myself switching if current trends continue. Always-on agents are that useful. I'd be willing to put up with a worse day-to-day phone experience for them.
The new Siri AI is worlds better than the old Siri, but it's not even remotely in the same ballpark as what frontier agents with their own computer can do.
I hope Apple opens up APIs for using your own agent as a replacement, because I'm not holding my breath that they catch up anytime soon.
They're the greatest at devices, in my opinion, but they seem to be at a huge disadvantage when adding this type of software to their particular brand of software and hardware integration, at least on the phone, where they won't let you get away with Mac-style customization.
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