Opinion: Agentic revolution should let us focus on the physical world
verdakorz · x · 2026-08-26
Remus Risnov expressed a hope that the agentic revolution will complete the "project of software," allowing humans to focus their faculties on making the physical world more beautiful again. He highlighted a painful juxtaposition: while software becomes more aesthetic, the physical world seems to be getting equally decrepit. He argues that software should only exist to enhance base reality, not as a means to escape it.
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