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Sierra’s Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over
The era of clicking buttons is over. Sierra's Bret Taylor explains why AI agents just made your UI obsolete.
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Why it matters
A founding AI infrastructure player is making a bold contrarian claim about the future of software interfaces. This signals a fundamental shift in how the industry views human-computer interaction—and what it means for every software company's product roadmap.
The key facts
3 to knowBret Taylor (Sierra co-founder) public statement on AI agents replacing traditional UI
Prediction: software interfaces will become obsolete
Agents-as-capability framing suggests industry consensus moving toward agentic workflows over button-click UX
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Publisher excerpt: Co-founder of Sierra predicts that AI agents will make software interfaces obsolete.