Do AI agents actually need browsers, or just browser-like interfaces?
basedjensen · x · 2026-07-26
A short X post asks whether agents really need browsers, and why an agent browser should look so much like a human browser.
It is a prompt for a broader design question: if the browser is mostly a human interface, what parts of it are actually essential for agents, and what parts are just inherited UI baggage?
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