Forbes November 29, 2024
Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Claude have yet to match the versatility of human workers. This is partly because AI relies on uploaded data for context. Thus, AI tools have primarily served as co-pilots, helping users complete specific tasks, but unable to assist autonomously.
Beyond Co-Pilot Assistance
Last month, Anthropic released a new function via its API – Claude ‘Computer Use‘. Despite its innocuous title, Computer Use represents the closest any mainstream AI has come to human-like agency.
Anthropic’s Beta Computer Use enables Claude to interact directly with software environments and applications – navigating menus, typing, clicking, and executing complex, multi-step processes independently.
This functionality mimics robotic process automation (RPA) in performing repetitive tasks, but it goes further...