Reseña del libro "When Software Disappears (en Inglés)"
When Programs Vanish What happens if you stop using applications and something else takes over your decision-making? For forty years, utilising technology has meant manipulating it: selecting the appropriate application, navigating through the appropriate menu, and entering the appropriate text. That period is coming to an end. Flights, hotels, calendars, purchases, and processes can all be coordinated by artificial intelligence without you ever touching the interface that once stood between intention and outcome. Artificial intelligence is getting to the point where it can understand what you want and act on it immediately. Written for professionals, corporate executives, developers, and anybody else who wants to know where computing is truly headed rather than where marketing says it has already arrived, When Software Disappears is a clear-eyed guide to this shift. This book follows the transition from human-operated software to AI-coordinated infrastructure, from apps to agents, and from interfaces to intent over ten chapters. It clarifies: How the app economy of the smartphone age led to the fragmentation that invisible computing is now intended to eliminateWhat is the genuine difference between a chatbot, a copilot, and a true AI agent, and why does that matter in terms of how much autonomy each system should have?Why corporations vying for control of the "intelligence layer" that sits above modern software are turning APIs, identity, and memory into their new strategic battlegroundsHow AI is changing software development itself and why producing code more quickly without more robust verification is a drawback rather than an increase in productivityWhat happens when computers completely disappears from the screen into intelligent workplaces, ambient homes, and actual robots functioning in shared human spaces?What delegation, verification, and judgement look like as routine professional abilities, and how knowledge work is changing from solo execution to managing AI agentsThis change raises concerns about privacy, security, and governance; why "invisible" should never equate to "unaccountable"A workable framework that allows people and organisations to consciously use these tools with human oversight integrated rather than added laterThis is not an alarming or hype-filled book. It does not discount the very real potential that is now changing software, work, and the physical industry, nor does it promise that applications will disappear tomorrow. It maintains that convenience without human action is exposure rather than development, and it carefully draws a boundary between what is now and what is still ideal. When Software Disappears gives you the framework to think clearly about a transition that has already started and the tools to ensure you stay in control of it whether you are a manager learning to delegate to AI systems instead of just people, a developer adjusting to AI-native tools, a leader of a software company re-evaluating its competitive position, or just someone trying to understand what's actually happening to the technology in your pocket and your home.
