Computer use works far better behind async channels like iMessage, says illscience

illscience · x · 2026-08-26

Responding to the view that computer use is expensive, slow, and merely an interim solution when APIs/MCP aren't available, @illscience argues computer use works much better behind an async channel like iMessage — you want it to operate at varying time and ambition scales, just like an employee, assistant, or friend. And "obviously this is the worst it will ever be."

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