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Filed May 5, 2026
The short version
Aaron Goldman predicted on August 9, 2010: “In the coming years, we'll see a shift in focus towards applications that can handle complicated tasks based on our stated intent — eg, planning a trip to Italy.” Verdict: Still evolving. Aaron called the rise of agentic, "search-and-act" interfaces ahead of the 2024-2025 wave of AI agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and…
Prediction by
Aaron Goldman
On August 9, 2010
“In the coming years, we'll see a shift in focus towards applications that can handle complicated tasks based on our stated intent — eg, planning a trip to Italy.”
Follow-up
Aaron called the rise of agentic, "search-and-act" interfaces ahead of the 2024-2025 wave of AI agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Perplexity. The category is clearly forming — we're tracking adoption and revenue impact.
Original source
Googley Lessons Learned, Chapter 21From the High Caliber AI network — see the AI for PR module in the course.
