I'm not a business dude but even I can see one problem in his argument: He tacitly equates "agents use your software" with "your software survives". But having your software invoked by an agent doesn't magically enrich you. Up to now, human users have made software success by one of:

1. Paying money for the software or access to it.

2. Allowing a fraction of the attention to be siphoned off and sold to advertisers while they use the software.

I don't think advertisers want to pay much for the "mindshare" of mindless bots. And I'm not sure that agents have wallets they can use to pony up cash with. Hopefully someone will figure out a business model here, but Yegge's article certainly doesn't posit one.

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hjoutfbkfd 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Microsoft CEO said in a podcast they are preparing for the moment the biggest paying customers for Windows, Office and their cloud products will be agents, not humans.

	▲	keyle 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They looove big hyperbolic quotes. If they don't do those, what are their real value? It's purely narcissistic. It's also a survival technique. Come up with wow factor so the board doesn't think you're behind.