The old internet became a slot machine — agentic systems will invert it
signulll · x · 2026-09-09
Search, feeds, ecommerce and social media all run on a slot-machine mechanic: the user initiates discrete interactions and inspects results. Agentic systems invert this — continuously absorbing context, deciding what matters, and acting proactively. That shift, the author argues, demands entirely new mechanics: business models, on-demand UX and more.
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