Like most software, agents probably need to live in the “cloud” somewhere. Laptops don’t spool up, get triggered by actions, continue multi-hour tasks when closed in a backpack, etc.

I think Managed Agents and Cloud Sandboxes are the right ideas, and eventually Software Factories, but it shouldn’t be from the same people that sell you model inference (see Models are Commodifying) for model lock-in reasons. As much as I think Linear Agents are the right shape, it also probably shouldn’t be someone selling you credits and running said agents in such an opaque way with no avenue to measure their effectiveness/improve it.