Astra's trick: map the GUI once, then drive computer use with programmatic tool calls
anpaure · x · 2026-09-05
Responding to OpenAI's willdepue, Astra is explained as not thinking through every piano keypress: it maps each key's location, then uses programmatic tool calling to drive computer use.
- Shifts the loop from look-think-click-repeat to look-code-done
- Argues this is bigger than an 'ultrafast CUA': every app effectively gets an MCP interface
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