Are AI office apps on the wrong path? Automation beats heavy operations
oran_ge · x · 2026-09-03
Responding to @xiaohu's claim that heavily operations-driven AI office apps are headed down the wrong path, orange agrees from a UX standpoint but notes the real motive is often collecting data to iterate the underlying model. The shared thesis: in the AI era the winning direction is automation — any product that adds one more step to the workflow will be instantly abandoned.
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