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Greg Brockman predicts AI agents will replace static chat boxes by controlling software directly. Advanced models can now handle complex background execution in programs like Blender to solve daily problems.
Giving an AI model its own cloud computer changes the entire form factor of the product.
“In some ways what do is it's a change to the form factor, not the capability, right? It's like it's an astro level model. It's got its own cloud computer.”
The ultimate goal for AI product design is removing the user interface completely.
“The best UI is no UI and I think in AI that is where we're going…”
Native computer control allows models to solve common daily problems for regular people.
“…but really the everyday the number of problems that you have in your life that you would love to solve. It's now possible.”
From Greg Brockman on Why AI Computer Use Just Crossed the Threshold
The standard chat text box is temporary. AI systems will generate visual menus and buttons on the fly to match the exact requirements of a single request.
“The chatbt the text box, right? That's where it started…”
“So now the AI can do generative UI on the fly. And so I think that even though there's no fixed UI, there's no buttons, there's no menus to learn, having an AI that can actually craft the result to be visually exactly what you want.”
High-level prompts will drive specialized programs directly. The actual software interface fades away while the model handles the execution steps under the hood.
“…tools like Blender so that that is almost a detail that fades into the background is absolutely the direction of travel…”
From Greg Brockman on Why AI Computer Use Just Crossed the Threshold
Picking specific model versions or adjusting context windows forces people to learn internal details. Greg Brockman states that agents exist to save time by unifying these choices behind the scenes.
“…the whole point is to get your time back, not for you to have to go and become an expert in all these internal details.”
From Greg Brockman on Why Model Pickers and Context Windows Must Die
“…a point in time that is something that we're continuing to unify and merge.”
From Greg Brockman on Why Model Pickers and Context Windows Must Die
“I think that it's very clear that we've reached a new threshold of computer use…”
From Greg Brockman on Why AI Computer Use Just Crossed the Threshold
“We are talking about these grand challenges sometimes or very esoteric applications…”
From Greg Brockman on Why AI Computer Use Just Crossed the Threshold
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