Schmidt says UIs will largely disappear as agents generate them on demand; Musk agrees
elonmusk · x · 2026-09-21
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt argues user interfaces will largely go away as agents converse in natural language: websites currently designed for humans will be replaced by interfaces generated on demand — "generate me a set of buttons that solves this problem." Elon Musk replied "True" in agreement.
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