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Re: Operator research preview

#231

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"

really good use case there haha

Re: Operator research preview

#232

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"

Just wait until these dark patterns start to include prompt-injecting the agents used by end users.

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#233

Earlier 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?

Is there actually reason to believe costs will come down significantly? I've been under the impression that companies like OpenAI and Google have been selling this stuff at well below cost to drive adoption with the idea that over time efficiency improvements would make it possible, but that those improvements don't seem to be materializing, but I'm not particularly informed in this so I'd love to hear a more informed take.

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#234

What 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.

Reserving dinner and booking flights is like .01% of my time. Really just negligible, and they are easy enough. Groceries are more time, but I don't really want groceries delivered, I enjoy going to the store and seeing what is available and what looks good.

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

> and even creating memes.

Browserbase just launched one of those as a demo

https://www.brainrot.run

Re: Operator research preview

#236

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"

Just wait until these dark patterns start to include prompt-injecting the agents used by end users.

Christ...

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"

Re: Operator research preview

#238

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"

I'm sure that in time money will prevent this from being a feature

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#239

I'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.

I'd much rather them release early than not release at all. By your logic ChatGPT will still be in internal testing and the whole industry would be way behind where it is today
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