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Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of a user interface. Like, weirdo, existential stuff. Why did we even make them in the first place? Remember the good old days of Microsoft DOS? Just an inviting plain terminal, complete with a blinking green cursor inviting you to press enter, and a list of options. Microsoft(R) MS-DOS Version 6.22 (C) Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1994. C:\>NOUI SWIFTJECTIVE-C AGENT HARNESS ---------------------------------------- 1. Customize server-driven Event 2. Review Elite Hoops feature requests 3. Manage Superwall company posts 4. Exit to prompt Select option: SJC Lima 1 Power I guess the idea of a user interface is to help people get something done, perform a certain task, accomplish whatever it is they have in mind. And the easiest way to do that, is…well, visually. Though recently, I’ve started to have a weird realization that maybe the best UI in this world of agents is sometimes… not having one at all. In fact, I dictated this post all…

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