Dan, Toby, and Chmiel have a short argument about the difference between an app and an agent. Apps are deterministic, agents are probabilistic. In the curious language of AI that might mean that when an app fails it's a bug, when an agent fails it's part of the experience. Along the way they compare Google Calendar to Howie, stress-test the agentic browser, and try to figure out why consumer agents barely exist.
Details of the show:
What's the difference between an app and an agent?
Why does the definition matter for anyone designing or investing in AI?
Is an agentic browser an agent, or just better search?
Is the consumer agent shortage a supply problem or a demand problem?
Why do we forgive human mistakes but not agent mistakes?
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About ON_Discourse
ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse.
As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.
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