Ep 746: Review of Anthropic Claude’s Viral New Computer use: Fun Party Trick or Real Agentic Workforce?

2 Apr 2026 · 0 min
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2 Apr 2026 · 0 min

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In this episode of the Everyday AI Show, host Jordan Wilson provides an in‑depth, largely solo review of Anthropic’s newly released “computer use” feature for Claude, which allows the LLM to control a macOS desktop via mouse, keyboard, and screen interactions. Wilson walks listeners through the viral launch that garnered 75 million views, explains how to set up the feature on a Mac (including toggles, accessibility and screen‑recording permissions, and the Dispatch mobile pairing), and highlights security considerations such as app approvals, potential malicious instructions, and the need for sandboxing. He then demonstrates a live workflow using Dispatch and Claude Code to open a development app (Codex), locate a bash command, run it, and provide UI feedback, noting the orange outline that signals active computer‑use mode. Throughout, Wilson points out major limitations: slow operation, high token consumption, frequent permission prompts, screen‑hijacking that prevents concurrent work, unreliable browsing, and multi‑monitor quirks. He evaluates whether the tool is a fun party trick or a genuine agentic workforce multiplier, concluding that today it is more of a party trick but signals a future shift in knowledge work. Wilson speculates on rapid adoption by Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI, and urges early adopters to experiment, run tasks multiple times, audit results, and stay aware of evolving agentic protocols. The episode ends with calls to action for the show’s newsletter, community, and regular programming.

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