Why aren't mobile agents as good as coding agents yet?
Summary
作者探讨为什么移动智能体（mobile agents）的表现远不如编码智能体（coding agents），指出手机具备摄像头、传感器、位置、通知和大量个人上下文等丰富资源，但现有移动智能体多为普通AI助手套壳或仅点击屏幕的简单实现，并提出关于限制因素（模型能力、系统限制、工具链或问题定义方式）的开放讨论。
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