AI is desperately looking for a new interface (and the phone isn't enough)

In my opinion, AI is a desperate search for a new interface.

Chat isn’t enough anymore

First there was chat. Then came the “Work” sections, the ones that spin up computers, run code and do research for you. But it’s not enough anymore: the tools have become much more powerful than the way we use them.

Programming from the phone: possible, but slow

This weekend I tried programming from my phone, orchestrating agents with an open source tool that also has a mobile interface. I managed it, yes. But the screen is small, tap here, tap there, and in the end I’m much slower than with mouse and keyboard.

Bracelets, glasses, recorders

So everyone is looking for something else. Amazon’s bracelet that records audio. Meta’s glasses, with that camera I really can’t stand. Recorders to stick on the back of your phone, pins, pendants, the pin with a projector. And there’s also the problem for people like me who already wear glasses.

The ring and the empty milk

There’s a ring I really want to try. And the silly example I like is this: at breakfast you notice the milk is finished. You don’t have to remember it and write it down somewhere. You say “the milk is finished”, done, and it goes on the shopping list.

It’s a small thing, but it’s exactly the kind of friction the right interface should remove.

Agents need new interfaces

With AI agents the problem becomes even more obvious: they work in the background, ask you for confirmations, send you notifications. We need a way to interact that isn’t keeping our eyes on a screen all the time.

Beyond the phone

The phone works, everyone has one. But we need more ergonomic objects, with fewer screens, less zombifying. I’d love to get to a world like that.

What do you think? Write it in the comments on the video (it’s in Italian), I’m very interested.