They want to push all this shit in browsers so that they can start automatically buying shit once they're selling ads
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
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Is one of those agents going to jerk off for you too? Who the fuck needs an agent to browse the web for them?
I see someone didn't use Ask Jeeves back then /s
It didn’t make sense then, and it doesn’t make sense now. Keyword searches with an understanding of search syntax was always king.
Keyword searches with an understanding of search syntax was always king.
Isn't that only because of the limitations of the available technology only being able to handle simple strings, though? Conversational computing has been a pipe dream since early sci-fi, where characters would talk to their computers as if they were human; George Jetson never spoke to Rosie in keyword queries.
I feel like keyword search syntax being "king" is more of a symptom, than an intentional choice.
You know what this is launching just in time for?
Tax season.
Queue 10 million people getting audited because they let their browser file their taxes for them.
It will handle your socials, chats, your agenda, your website, your credit card, your vacations, your photos from the moment of activation to well after death....
All so you can spend more time generating value for your masters and overlords. Huzzah, we've eliminated the pesky scourge of free time!
Also so they can easily predict who is with them and who is against them. Who’s got the hot new ideas so they can beat them to market. Who might challenge the status quo.
If they marketed “Agentic AI” as a way for someone to disappear from the internet entirely and be replaced by AI, I’d finally get onboard.
Basically don't know how to interpret "autobrowse" in any other way. Bit like "autopilot", you "should" have the hands on the steering wheel but...