Paul Graham compares AI interfaces like Claude Code to early web browsers acting as a new software layer

AI apps are the new browsers.

@Austen Been doing this for a while.

Can't go back.

@Austen What are some things you cannot do?

So far I've found: 1. Joining / relaying calls (either agent joins on my behalf as a voice agent OR makes me join w/o any clicks) 2. 3d design & other difficult UI control tasks; but not video editing bc @HyperFrames_ 3. your turn

@paulg Tabs were a workaround for not having agents

@paulg How many IQ points have you lost so far?

@paulg LLM = cpu Harness = os Skill = app

@paulg Also can also create 1-of-1 websites for anything I need. It can be extremely personalized to me, what I want to see, and I don’t have to wade through “seo-optimized” verbose text

@paulg Let’s call them “entry points” because they can do so much more than browsing the internet. Send emails, aggregate data, write code, content, and with the right MCP server and 3D printer, a looooooot more 😉

@paulg Browser: What happened to us?

@paulg I wonder if Claude is Chrome or Internet Explorer

@paulg it should be obvious that there is room for a new device, it has just not been figured out.

@Austen and on my phone. checking into claude code on the go

@Austen I’m in the same boat haha. I love CC and Codex but personally I think there’s still a lot of room here for a better interface for using AI like this

@paulg #keep4o bring back legacy AI models

@paulg agreed. i find myself reaching for google ai mode more and more these days as well

@paulg I agree and crazy to see Google fall behind. Can’t check in on AntiGravity like I do with claude code on mobile when I’m on the go

@Austen I gave Codex CLI a spin in a long running loop I use and the code quality is outstanding. I need to count the PRs it shipped while I was not at my computer this weekend, but close to 100. Simply close the laptop and the work keeps going.

@Austen The same, but I'm doing it with Google's Antigravity.

@paulg much more. browsers were read-only, i kept switching back and forth between a browser, a terminal, and a text editor. now with codex, i never leave the app.

@Austen I installed steam aswell as mods via Claude