Computer Use Models
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Massad: Progress on AI computer use models is slow and disappointing
“You know, I've been waiting for computer use models to get better. They're slowly getting better. They're like one of the things that is actually kind of disappointing.”
Computer use AI models are currently less than 40% effective
“Computer use models are less than 40% effective right now.”
McDermott: Coding models will drive support automation more than computer-use agents
“I actually think what's really going to make a difference more likely than computer use models, computer using models is just the improvements in coding models. And that's a little bit basing the future on the immediate past. Coding models have gotten gotten s…”
Hotz: Automated flight booking will arrive via APIs, not agentic web browsing
“We're gonna pretty soon have computer use models that are actually capable of going to Delta.com and booking a flight. But then what's actually gonna happen is Delta's gonna partner with whatever company does that, and they're gonna put it behind the stupid th…”
Klein: Vision models, not HTML text parsing, drive computer use AI
“Maybe my hot take is like, I was always kind of like, I didn't think vision would be as big of a driver for UI automation. I felt like, you know, HTML is structured text and large language models are good with structured texts, but It's clear that these comput…”