AI agents have made many apps unnecessary. Oh, I still need the data or function from that app. But I never want to “see” it again. Drop the user interface. Go headless. Why am I still logging into a system three times a year to mark my vacation time? Or navigating multiple travel sites to find the best deals? Or even doing “regular” web searches to find stats to include a presentation? I just want my agent, harness, or super-app (like Gemini, Grok Bot, Meta Muse, Claude Cowork) to do it.
That’s it right there: in the AI future, no need for a UI. Each person can just build the one they want. Will that be what all the “normies” end up doing. It’s hard to say: SaaSes and software companies would find that prospect scary.
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