What If Apps Disappear?
In short: From typed commands to icons to AI agents, a calm look at whether one assistant could one day stand in for the apps we open, and what today's evidence for and against says.
A 2:09 short film in the series “Tomorrow's World”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Computer History Museum (CHM), Revolution online exhibition, “Saying it With Pictures - CHM Revolution”; Science Museum (London), “From Lisa to Windows: The story of home computers | Science Museum”; MIT Media Lab, “Person Overview ‹ Pattie Maes – MIT Media Lab”; arXiv (preprint by Dingyuan Dai, Tianyu Liu and co-authors), “OSWorld-Science: A Benchmark of Computer Use Agents for Learning and Using Scientific Software”; OWASP Foundation (Open Worldwide Application Security Project) community page, authored by Purushottam Sarsekar and Shezan Rohinton Mirzan, “Prompt Injection | OWASP Foundation”; IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), “Stanford's AI Index for 2026 Shows the State of the Industry”; Business Data Solutions AI Wiki (secondary summary of the Stanford HAI Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026, Sajadieh et al. 2026), “Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026”.
Sources used in this film
- Computer History Museum (CHM), Revolution online exhibition — Saying it With Pictures - CHM Revolution · View →
- Science Museum (London) — From Lisa to Windows: The story of home computers | Science Museum · View →
- MIT Media Lab — Person Overview ‹ Pattie Maes – MIT Media Lab · View →
- arXiv (preprint by Dingyuan Dai, Tianyu Liu and co-authors) — OSWorld-Science: A Benchmark of Computer Use Agents for Learning and Using Scientific Software · View →
- OWASP Foundation (Open Worldwide Application Security Project) community page, authored by Purushottam Sarsekar and Shezan Rohinton Mirzan — Prompt Injection | OWASP Foundation · View →
- IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) — Stanford's AI Index for 2026 Shows the State of the Industry · View →
- Business Data Solutions AI Wiki (secondary summary of the Stanford HAI Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026, Sajadieh et al. 2026) — Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026 · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Computer History Museum (CHM), Revolution online exhibition: Saying it With Pictures - CHM Revolution
- Also: Science Museum (London): From Lisa to Windows: The story of home computers | Science Museum
- Also: MIT Media Lab: Person Overview ‹ Pattie Maes – MIT Media Lab
- Also: arXiv (preprint by Dingyuan Dai, Tianyu Liu and co-authors): OSWorld-Science: A Benchmark of Computer Use Agents for Learning and Using Scientific Software
- Also: OWASP Foundation (Open Worldwide Application Security Project) community page, authored by Purushottam Sarsekar and Shez: Prompt Injection | OWASP Foundation
- Also: IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers): Stanford's AI Index for 2026 Shows the State of the Industry
- Also: Business Data Solutions AI Wiki (secondary summary of the Stanford HAI Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026, Sajadi: Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026
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