February 25thOpenClaw Peter Steinberger, the father of Austria's state radio and television programme The Times, said, "In the coming weeks, 80%'s existing App will disappear."。
He thinks that whenAgentThe import value of the traditional App will be completely diluted by system-level automation when it is really possible to complete a full chain operation for the user from the browser click to the payment execution。
He stressed that future users would no longer need to open their applications on a case-by-case basis, but rather to adopt one sentence, one directive, and allow Agent All cross-application task processes are completed backstage。
He further explains that the core logic of this judgement is that:
AI Agent has the capacity to perform real operations and has moved from "text generation" to "action implementation"
User assignments will shift from the App Centre to the Centre of Intention, and the Apple interface and access will become redundant when the system understands and implements the complex task chain
The developers will move from building complete App to building a capability module that can be called by Agent, and the ecology will move from "application" to "functional"
USER EXPERIENCE WILL SHIFT FROM MANUAL TO AUTOMATED FLOW, AND AI WILL BECOME THE DEFAULT "AGENT" FOR THE OPERATING SYSTEM LAYER。
Steinberger argues that such a change would cause a sharp contraction in the number of applications in the short term, but that the company behind it would not disappear as a result, but would be transformed into a service provider providing API, capability modules or Agent plugins。
This does not mean that a particular application will disappear, but rather that the way mobile phones are used will change dramatically。
With regard to the decision to join OpenAI, Steinberger stated that the billions of euros offered by such companies as Meta were rejected, but eventually chose to join OpenAI because of a desire to work with people who really understand Agent technology and to work with a larger team to solve key challenges such as prompting engineering, safety, etc。
He stressed OpenAI's commitment to "do the best model", which is consistent with his vision of moving forward with the next generation of individuals, Agent。