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0:49Why do agents belong in the terminal? Creating a folder is one command there versus four clicks in Finder. Same logic scales to everything — terminal access is simply faster for AI.
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I'll tell you, 6 months, I don't know how long it's been. Their goal was simple, that you can just say and it will do things on your device. Okay, what were the problems in that? They were like, every time you want to browse, there are multiple things which are happening. Meaning, first of all, where you are, you need to know where you are. So, first you have to give a screenshot of this. Okay, then you have to move the mouse and click on it. So, because of all these things, it was slow. So, if you are trying to do something with the terminal, it's much easier. That I'll run one command and create a folder. Compared to if you go, open, finder, do a right click, then click on and create a folder. MKDR, run one command and it became your folder. Run this command and your data came from there, right? So, the terminal's way of access is easier to read. So, that's why all these things came there.