I DONT WANT AN AGENIC BROWSER

I WANT TO BROWSE WEBSITES

I LOVE WEBSITES

Counterpoint: if you had a browser that was more like a workspace and could plug in to local models, it would just make using websites better.

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I'm skeptical I try to keep an open mind, seems interesting!

What’s the root concern for you when it comes to placing AI in a browser?

I suppose that wouldn’t be as bad? But it doesn’t seem aligned with where the direction of tooling is going. Would be interesting to see!

But what if the agent doesn’t disintermediate your experience of the site? What if it just makes it easier to find a return to those sorts of sites?

What if it re-positioned web rings?

I think if I had to put it to words, it would be losing the art of the web. While the point of the web is to consume information, the experience of that consumption has been (at least in my opinion) just as important if not more important. Web pages have become an art medium, and generally the effectiveness of a website has been the experience of it. Even if you don’t care for the subject matter you might enjoy the creativity of that site.   I don’t want to miss out on that experience.