Consumer agents are a new way to use computers — day 1 of wave 1, argues investor
illscience · x · 2026-10-23
illscience argues consumer agents combine a new product pattern with general-assistant capabilities, and that productivity isn't the point — it's a fundamentally new way for people to use computers. Countering 'too early' and 'everyone's working on that' sentiment, he says it's day 1 of wave 1, with social, finance, self-improvement, degen and a thousand other agent categories still up for grabs.
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