I just watched a YouTube video from How I AI[1] doing a bit of a preview on Duet. Their point was quite the opposite. The Duet agent is so slow that it's not actually particularly pleasant to use, even if it is smart. I tend to agree, and think speed is a key feature here. If it's not quick, it risks feeling disconnected.

I have, against my better wishes, rather given in to Grokbot over the last couple of weeks. It does feel very nice to use for assistant type tasks. At least part of that is because it feels pretty responsive.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYb5w4PfPZM

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