The "agentification" of software promises a future where we simply tell a machine what we want, and it handles the rest. We have all felt that magic when vibe coding. So why can't every interaction with machines be that magical?

Well, what if the dominant chat-based interface is a dead end?

This talk explores the significant UX challenges of agentification. We’ll discuss why chat is an over-promising and under-delivering medium, and how we're losing the rich, high-bandwidth context of human communication.