Working Notes on Agent Systems/Brad Zhang

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I suggest you all listen to this issue. I have briefly summarized the following points:...

I suggest you all listen to this issue. I have briefly summarized the following points: 🏷️About the underlying understanding of AI and Agent (suitable for showing depth) About...

December 30, 2025 · 3 min read

I suggest you all listen to this issue.

I have briefly summarized the following points: 🏷️About the underlying understanding of AI and Agent (suitable for showing depth) About Browser vs Agent "We once tried to make an AI browser, but later found out that we were wrong.

The essence of a browser is a 'container' that holds content, and the essence of an Agent is a 'person' who operates the container.

Since you can't build the best house, then be the best housekeeper." About universal vs vertical "Why don't we make vertical Agent?

Because the job of human beings has never been Vertical.

You may need to write code to book a ticket, and you may need to check the exchange rate when writing code.

Programming is not a vertical skill, programming is a general ability like English.

Let the Agent learn programming so that when it encounters obstacles, it can create its own tools to solve the problem.

" Regarding the definition of Agent, "Manus does not make models, we make connectors.

Our task is not to train a stronger brain, but to make the world’s smartest brain (OpenAI/Claude) grow the most flexible hands.

" Regarding "Proactiveness" "The current AI is reactive when you dial it.

The AI ​​of the future must be something you can trust with your back.

real The intelligence is not to answer your questions, but to predict your needs.

” 🏷️ Sharp comment on the industry war situation (suitable for sparking discussion) Comment on Google “Everyone seriously underestimates Google.

Gemini’s multi-modal capabilities + unparalleled search index + TPU computing power, this is the deepest moat.

If Google really decides to make an Agent, it will be everyone’s nightmare.

” Comment on Anthropic (Claude) “Claude did the most critical thing right: Coding.

It gave up its false reputation as ‘all-powerful’ and became Age nt The sharpest scalpel behind my back.

” Comment on the computing power bottleneck “The computing power consumption in the Agent era is exponential.

Ask a question, there may be millions of Tokens running in the background.

In this game, computing power is no longer infrastructure, computing power is oxygen.

When there is a lack of oxygen, no matter how good your technique is, you will still suffocate.

" About xAI (Musk) "xAI is taking a crazy path: Pixel in, Pixel out (full pixel input and output).

Don't read the code, just look at the screen like a human eye.

This is very radical, but once it is done, all current software interaction logic will be overturned.

” 🏷️ Entrepreneurship and Humanity (Suitable for Emotional Resonance) About “Selling Yourself” Meta “Why choose Meta?

Because the ultimate competition among Agents is the competition for infrastructure.

We have the best algorithms and data, but we A ‘power plant’ is needed.

Meta is that power plant with unlimited power.

"About bubbles" There is definitely a bubble in AI, but after the bubble bursts, only things that create Real Value can survive.

If Manus saves users 10 million hours of life, then it has value no matter who it belongs to.

" About path dependence "The hardest thing about starting a business is not persisting, but giving up.

It was painful when we cut off the AI ​​browser that had been developed for several months, but if we had not cut it off, there would be no Manus today.

The leap of discontinuity often comes from saying 'no' to one's most proud works.

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