The author also predicts that personal AI agents will become more common as technology improves and becomes more affordable. They suggest that these agents will be able to access personal data and tools, but users will have to approve each action to maintain privacy and security. The author also proposes that these agents will use existing apps as tools, and a new type of search engine will be needed to help the agents find the right tools. This search engine will use various signals, such as location and previous tool use, to rank the available tools.
Key takeaways:
- AI agents, autonomous AIs that can use various tools to achieve a goal, are becoming technically feasible and are expected to become more prevalent with the release of GPT-5 models.
- Personal AI agents, which use personal data and tools, face unique challenges related to data sensitivity and trust. However, these issues can be solved with careful design and user approval for tool use.
- The future of AI agents may involve the use of app extensions as tools, with the AI agent choosing tools based on the apps a user has installed, effectively expressing user preferences.
- There is a need for a new kind of search engine or index for AI agents to query, which will help in the discovery and ranking of available tools for AI agents.