AI Products Force Users to Absorb Too Much Entropy, Like 2000s Sites Demanding Their Own Browser
noahsolomon · x · 2026-10-09
Noah Solomon argues the core problem with today's AI products is that they don't care how much entropy they ask users to absorb by adopting them.
He compares it to every website in the 2000s asking you to download its own browser just to use the site — and says AI agent products are especially guilty of this.
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