Debate: should agents be built into apps or operate them from outside

Developers debated whether agents should be embedded in apps or operate them via external plugin/script APIs. andpoul favors the ChatGPT-style API approach, arguing embedded agents have never won out and that conversational input boxes are becoming obsolete, though the ideal agent-era interaction paradigm remains unsolved.

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