Re: How AI is killing smartphone apps in China

On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 11:23:49 -0500, D Finnigan wrote:

> On 8/7/26 3:36 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> Here’s an interesting possibility for the future of smartphones
>> <https://www.computerworld.com/article/4203560/how-ai-in-china-is-
killing-smartphone-apps.html>:
>> get rid of apps, and just rely on the device’s built-in “agentic” AI
>> capabilities to get stuff done. Of course, they would be powerful
>> enough to do everything that an app might do, and more.
> 
> Why stop there? Get rid of cell phones, and just rely on people's
> capabilities to get stuff done. Of course, they would be powerful enough
> to do everything an app might do, and more. :-P

Hear me out, we stop wasting time making the computers understand us 
better, and just make us understand the computers more. Then we don't need 
to worry about the computer doing everything wrong correctly