alt Hacker NewsI don't understand Muse, couldn't agents already do all this? I have ChatGPT for example and I can have it book tickets and other things for me, it even pulls up a cloud browser if it can't access APIs. It can check for details from my email and use those for the ticket. Now OpenAI has Dots too which is a 24/7 version of the same thing.
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UI/UX
Many times, UI/UX makes all the difference in user adoption & use.
I don't understand C, couldn't assembly already do all this?
The article emphasises exactly what you said: technically it has no new features, it's just better UX than anything else, and more friendly to non-techies.
When it comes to being mainstream, an approachable UI sells
Facebook's install base is 3x that of cgpt
That’s pretty much the question the article tries to answer! TL;DR - good product design, personality mechanics, and ad-funded tokens is what makes it different.
Think of it as a Meta-hosted OpenClaw VM for each Facebook user.
Meta is reducing the friction for your parents to run OpenClaw without any assistance.
It’s the most consistent and user friendly agent with the ability to also be a harness for multiple custom agents. I literally had people running around the office amazed by muse last week. It has brought agents to the masses in a way a lay person can understand and use.
This is the Dropbox comment of the AI assistant era. At least it's not quite as out of touch.
Sure, it's nothing super unique but the way that Meta has put all the pieces together including security works really well in practice. Muse seems to be the best of the AI personal assistants for regular people right now.