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Scott: Future AI user interfaces will consist of many specialized agents

Kevin Scott · Kevin Scott, CTO @ Microsoft: An Evaluation of Deepseek and How We Underestimate the Chinese · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Mar 31, 2025 · at 22:32

Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft, discusses the architectural evolution of AI interfaces with host Harry Stebbings, rejecting the idea of a single omniscient AI agent.

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“The user interface that surfaces, those capabilities will probably be agents. And, you know, product managers, like I don't all don't believe in this, like one agent. For everything sort of theory. I think you'll have a lot of agents.”

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