Matt Shumer’s home computer setup is a little weirder than most.
He and his roommate each have a mini Apple computer in the kitchen, both devices silently toiling away in the background. All Shumer has to do is give the virtual assistant running on his Mac Mini a broad task, and it handles the rest. That includes actions that would usually require typing, clicking and scrolling, such as browsing websites and signing into accounts.
It may be strange to his friends outside of tech, but for hobbyists like himself, “you’re like, ‘Oh, of course there’s a computer using itself,’” he said.
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