A Day With a Computer, Imagined
In short: An imagined ordinary day a few years from now, spoken rather than clicked, weighed against today's evidence on what computer-use agents can and cannot yet do reliably.
A 2:04 short film in the series “Tomorrow's World”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: arXiv (Sager et al., Zurich University of Applied Sciences, University of Zurich, ETH AI Center and others), “A Comprehensive Survey of Agents for Computer Use: Foundations, Challenges, and Future Directions”; Computer History Museum, “Computer History Museum”; Computer History Museum, “Computer History Museum”; Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI), AI Index, “Technical Performance | The 2026 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI”; Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI), AI Index Report 2026, Chapter 2: Technical Performance, “ai_index_report_2026_chapter_2_technical.pdf”; National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK, “Managing the cyber risk of agentic AI”; National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK, “Thinking carefully before adopting agentic AI”; SAGE Publications (journal article by Wole Michael Olatokun and Bolaji David Oladokun, 2026), “Hallucination in Generative AI: Challenges to data integrity, ethical concerns and implications for knowledge management - Wole Michael Olatokun, Bolaji David Oladokun, 2026”; arXiv (preprint by Michael Rumiantsau and Ivan Fokeev, submitted 28 April 2026; not peer-reviewed), “Semantic Layers for Reliable LLM-Powered Data Analytics: A Paired Benchmark of Accuracy and Hallucination Across Three Frontier Models”; arXiv (preprint by Rafał Łabędzki, Patryk Miziuła, Hubert Rutkowski, Szymon Betlewski, Cezary Depta, Szymon Janowski, Jarosław Kochanowicz, Jan Kanty Milczek; submitted 8 May 2026), “Business Utility of Large Language Models as Exploratory Data Analysis Agents”.
Sources used in this film
- arXiv (Sager et al., Zurich University of Applied Sciences, University of Zurich, ETH AI Center and others) — A Comprehensive Survey of Agents for Computer Use: Foundations, Challenges, and Future Directions · View →
- Computer History Museum — Computer History Museum · View →
- Computer History Museum — Computer History Museum · View →
- Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI), AI Index — Technical Performance | The 2026 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI · View →
- Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI), AI Index Report 2026, Chapter 2: Technical Performance — ai_index_report_2026_chapter_2_technical.pdf · View →
- National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK — Managing the cyber risk of agentic AI · View →
- National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK — Thinking carefully before adopting agentic AI · View →
- SAGE Publications (journal article by Wole Michael Olatokun and Bolaji David Oladokun, 2026) — Hallucination in Generative AI: Challenges to data integrity, ethical concerns and implications for knowledge management - Wole Michael Olatokun, Bolaji David Oladokun, 2026 · View →
- arXiv (preprint by Michael Rumiantsau and Ivan Fokeev, submitted 28 April 2026; not peer-reviewed) — Semantic Layers for Reliable LLM-Powered Data Analytics: A Paired Benchmark of Accuracy and Hallucination Across Three Frontier Models · View →
- arXiv (preprint by Rafał Łabędzki, Patryk Miziuła, Hubert Rutkowski, Szymon Betlewski, Cezary Depta, Szymon Janowski, Jarosław Kochanowicz, Jan Kanty Milczek; submitted 8 May 2026) — Business Utility of Large Language Models as Exploratory Data Analysis Agents · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: arXiv (Sager et al., Zurich University of Applied Sciences, University of Zurich, ETH AI Center and others): A Comprehensive Survey of Agents for Computer Use: Foundations, Challenges, and Future Directions
- Also: Computer History Museum: Computer History Museum
- Also: Computer History Museum: Computer History Museum
- Also: Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI), AI Index: Technical Performance | The 2026 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI
- Also: Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI), AI Index Report 2026, Chapter 2: Technical: ai_index_report_2026_chapter_2_technical.pdf
- Also: National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK: Managing the cyber risk of agentic AI
- Also: National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK: Thinking carefully before adopting agentic AI
- Also: SAGE Publications (journal article by Wole Michael Olatokun and Bolaji David Oladokun, 2026): Hallucination in Generative AI: Challenges to data integrity, ethical concerns and implications for knowledge management - Wole Michael Olatokun, Bolaji David Oladokun, 2026
- Also: arXiv (preprint by Michael Rumiantsau and Ivan Fokeev, submitted 28 April 2026; not peer-reviewed): Semantic Layers for Reliable LLM-Powered Data Analytics: A Paired Benchmark of Accuracy and Hallucination Across Three Frontier Models
- Also: arXiv (preprint by Rafał Łabędzki, Patryk Miziuła, Hubert Rutkowski, Szymon Betlewski, Cezary Depta, Szymon Janowski, Ja: Business Utility of Large Language Models as Exploratory Data Analysis Agents
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