Can this help people cut through UX dark patterns? Like for example, "unsubscribe from all communications and I mean all" or "turn on the strongest privacy settings even the ones they try very hard to hide" or "order this on amazon and make sure to choose free delivery even if it's not the default"
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#232Can this help people cut through UX dark patterns? Like for example, "unsubscribe from all communications and I mean all" or "turn on the strongest privacy settings even the ones they try very hard to hide" or "order this on amazon and make sure to choose free delivery even if it's not the default"
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#233Earlier quoted context omitted.
And none of the competitors can make this technology profitable, either.
Isn't there every reason to believe the cost will come down?
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#234What is fascinating about this announcement is if you look into future after considerable improvements in product and the model, we will be just chatting with ChatGPT to book dinner tables, flights, buy groceries and do all sort of mundane and hugely boring things we do on the web, just by talking to the agents. I'd definitely love that.
Maybe it could read HN for me and tell me if there is anything I'd find interesting. But then how would I slack off?
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#235> and even creating memes. important work. glad to hear they're investing $500B in this space instead of stuff like, I don't know, making the planet livable for our grandkids
Browserbase just launched one of those as a demo
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#236Can this help people cut through UX dark patterns? Like for example, "unsubscribe from all communications and I mean all" or "turn on the strongest privacy settings even the ones they try very hard to hide" or "order this on amazon and make sure to choose free delivery even if it's not the default"
Just wait until these dark patterns start to include prompt-injecting the agents used by end users.
I wish I had something more curious to say.
Other than "Operator/Agent, please surface all sites using prompt injecting and just go ahead and cancel my account, and send a complaint to the appropriate authorities BBB/Reddit/CANSPAM"
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#237Re: Operator research preview
#238Can this help people cut through UX dark patterns? Like for example, "unsubscribe from all communications and I mean all" or "turn on the strongest privacy settings even the ones they try very hard to hide" or "order this on amazon and make sure to choose free delivery even if it's not the default"
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#239I'm surprised folks on Hackernews are always critical of V1s. In 18 month, apps will have APIs for "agentic browsing" ™OoTheNigerian ;) And you will not need to give anything control over your browser. I you will merely connect your app to OpenAI or any other client.
OpenAI is a $50B company that should be releasing serious products, the "scrappy hacker releasing a beta product that doesn't do much" as a defense doesn't apply.
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#240This space is moving fast. You can now run a local open model to control your browser or entire computer: https://github.com/bytedance/UI-TARS