Open Interpreter’s Local Model Computer protocol feels very important. Apple and Microsoft have struggled to bootstrap ubiquitous scripting APIs despite there being obvious user benefits. And not just to nerds; the Kin and Newton (and, farther back, BeOS) showed the tremendous UX potential of a UX-strong OS. They also demonstrated how difficult it is to sustain an ecosystem of developers willing to enable it.

But if users are finding LLM chatbots useful, and they can in turn use our computers for us, that might break a chicken-and-egg stalemate.