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AI That Controls Your Computer - Clicking, Typing, Scrolling On It’s Own
Oct 24, 2024 · 0:59
This video examines Anthropic's Claude computer use feature, which allows the AI to autonomously click, type, and scroll to operate a computer. The presenter demonstrates various workflows, including searching on Amazon, booking accommodations on Airbnb, and coding in Visual Studio Code. The video also covers current limitations, such as slow speeds, high costs, occasional errors, and safety restrictions on financial transactions and unauthorized messaging.
Anthropic Claude computer use overview
The presenter introduces Anthropic's Claude computer use feature, explaining how the AI can directly interact with a computer by clicking, typing, and scrolling autonomously.
Automating web browsing and searches
The host highlights everyday use cases, such as searching for jobs on personal and company websites, locating books on Amazon, and booking accommodations on Airbnb.
Complex tasks and expanded use cases
The video covers more intricate tasks that Claude can handle, including coding websites in Visual Studio Code, mirroring iPhones, and playing games like Minecraft.
Current limitations and safety restrictions
The host discusses the current costs, speeds, and quirks of the model, noting safety restrictions that prevent Claude from performing financial transactions or sending unauthorized messages.
Next few months are going to be insane. Here's an AI that just doesn't talk but actually controls your computer. Enter Anthropic's Claude computer use, which is just mind-blowing to follow around. Clicking, typing, scrolling, all on its own. Reimagine job search. I asked Claude to navigate to my websites, learn about it, and then find a suitable role at Anthropic. Or something as simple as find the latest Yuval Noah Harari's book on Amazon. Or to find a place on Airbnb for the weekend that's within 1-hour distance from LA.
It literally gives you more hours in a day, not just for mundane tasks, but also complex tasks like coding and building a website shown in their demo. Some pushing the boundaries with iPhone mirroring to take control of your phone to use all your apps, or use it as an agent in Minecraft to build and play for you. Just imagine adding voice to guide it all. It's still expensive and slow, and sometimes makes amusing mistakes like adding a detour from the task to browse photos of Yellowstone. It also has been trained to refuse to do any transactions on your behalf, like purchasing, sending messages, using, logging in, submitting forms, etc.
Let me know how would you use it and if you need a guide to get started.