Agent-based computing is outgrowing the web as we know it

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We are on the cusp of a fundamental redesign of the internet. Not a facelift. A full-body transplant.

For more than 30 years, the web has been our playground, our workplace, our high street and our therapist’s couch. But it’s also been entirely designed for us simple humans who type, tap, click and scroll. Interfaces built for eyes. Navigation designed for fingers. Decision trees dressed up as websites.

But here’s the truth: We’re not going to be the web’s primary users for much longer.

AI agents based on ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude and Gemini are moving from passive assistants to active participants. Today, we ask them to do things for us. Tomorrow, we’ll authorize them to act as us.

And right ...