Agent skeptic: every contact will be a bot, but all-in-one AI assistants won't win
heyneighbor · x · 2026-09-29
Dennison Bertram argues the future of AI agents is per-contact bots: every number in your phone book becomes an agent acting on your behalf. He contends the "AI assistant for everything" is not a winner-take-all market — humans dislike all-in-one tools (sporks exist, but nobody uses them), and one persistent thread for everything is a psychological mess. A reply quips: "So WeChat?"
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