Recently, Anthropic and Google have announced that their agents can now interact and operate a browser on a user's behalf. As impressive as these capabilities are, something about this feels off to me. Instead of building agents to interact with the internet as people currently do, shouldn't we be designing agents to interact with the internet in an agent-native way?

Recently, Anthropic and Google have announced that their agents can now interact and operate a browser on a user's behalf. As impressive as these capabilities are, something about this feels off to me. Instead of building agents to interact with the internet as people currently do, shouldn't we be designing agents to interact with the internet in an agent-native way?

Weeknote | Week of 2024-12-02

Weeknote | Week of 2024-12-02

Weeknotes by Dave Kim. Week of November 18, 2024.

Weeknotes by Dave Kim. Week of November 18, 2024.

This week, I talk about: - Google Docs as crisis response tools (Eli Pariser, Elan Kiderman Ullendorff) - Creative tools (Robin Sloan, Matt Webb) - Community gardens as coral reefs for addressing climate change (Kate Brown) - Embracing a hybrid career path (John Maeda, Melanie Kahl)

This week, I talk about: - Google Docs as crisis response tools (Eli Pariser, Elan Kiderman Ullendorff) - Creative tools (Robin Sloan, Matt Webb) - Community gardens as coral reefs for addressing climate change (Kate Brown) - Embracing a hybrid career path (John Maeda, Melanie Kahl)