Asking agents to draw portraits exposes huge gaps in fine-grained mouse control
xwang_lk · x · 2026-09-12
A simple test for computer-use agents: have them draw. Drawing demands precise, fine-grained mouse control that agents struggle with. The author gave the same portrait task to two agents and got drastically different results, offering a cheap, visually verifiable way to compare real desktop-control ability.
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