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by pabe 598 days ago
I don't think vision is the ultimate API. It wasn't with "traditional" RPA and it won't with more advanced AI-RPA. It's inefficient. If you want something to be used by a bot, write an interface for a bot. I'd make an exception for end2end testing.
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You're looking at it from a developer's perspective. For non-developers, vision opens up all sorts of new capabilities. And they won't have to rely on the software creator's view of what should be automated and what should not.
Most non-developers won't bother. You have shortcut on iOS and macOS which is like Scratch for automation and still only power users use it. Others just download the shortcut they want.
If a GUI is confusing for humans AI will be have problems too.

So you still rely on developers to make reasonable GUIs