I think we might have been thinking about mobile agents the wrong way. APIs give you control, but understanding the screen gives you something else.
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Okay, this might be a dumb take, but the more I look into mobile agents, the less convinced I am that giving AI deeper and deeper access to the operating system is the end goal. Most automation today works because we explicitly tell the system what it can do: Call this API. Run this function. Send…
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I think we might have been thinking about mobile agents the wrong way. APIs give you control, but understanding the screen gives you something else.
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