[HN Gopher] Magentic-UI: Towards Human-in-the-Loop Agentic Systems
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       Magentic-UI: Towards Human-in-the-Loop Agentic Systems
        
       Author : fitzn
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2025-07-31 14:54 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arxiv.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arxiv.org)
        
       | munafassaf wrote:
       | https://github.com/microsoft/magentic-ui
        
       | justanotherunit wrote:
       | Looks clean and all, but is this "multitask on steroid" actually
       | requested, or is it just another nice demo for how agents can
       | perform tasks etc? I just feel stressed that I have multiple
       | tasks ongoing that I would require to switch context between
       | every time anything needs input or fails to deliver what I
       | fundamentally requested.
        
         | gedy wrote:
         | This seems to be the wet dream of mgmt leader types. It's not
         | enough that AI/LLM tools make tasks more efficient, or quicker
         | - it's their people can then be just as busy with these tools.
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         | My feeling is: buzz off, this is like orgs now where the
         | quickest people just get more work piled on for little gain.
         | 
         | I gladly use tools that give me some breathing room, and gives
         | me some time to think about improvements, the future, etc. But
         | will actively drag my feet if mgmt starts mandating these tools
         | be used to shovel more tasks, tickets, or busy work at me.
        
       | Edmond wrote:
       | In other words a case for the "Intelligent Workspace":
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44627910
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       | In lieu of chatbots as the primary means of working with AI.
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       | This is an approach that is human centered and intended to
       | accommodate a wide array of possible use cases where human
       | interaction/engagement is essential for getting work done.
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       | Integrating human-in-loop tooling: https://youtu.be/srG5Ze7mS7s
        
       | olivermuty wrote:
       | Incredibly weak to not seize the opportunity to name this
       | <<Mangentic>> :D
        
       | cadamsdotcom wrote:
       | There's room in the world for a startup whose tech lets AI agents
       | request tasks be done by a human.
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       | Upon a request arriving, one human from an army of anonymous
       | humans gets given say, access to a browser that's stuck, plus a
       | description of what to do ("finish booking this flight, here's
       | what my user asked of me"). And they do the job and click
       | "completed" which hands back to the agent, then they move on to
       | the next assignment.
       | 
       | Dystopian, but bound to happen.
        
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