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2026 arXiv paper arguing that chat alone is a poor medium for structured, stateful human-agent work. The authors propose Software as Content, where dynamically generated agentic applications become the primary interaction layer, persist across turns, and expose actionable controls instead of forcing everything through linear text.
Summary
Why This Paper Stands Out:
1. Beyond chat framing: Gives a clear theory for why linear conversation breaks on structured tasks
2. Stateful interaction layer: Treats generated apps as persistent shared working surfaces, not disposable responses
3. Actionable UI focus: Emphasizes controls, affordances, and evolving state over static rendering
4. System-level view: Formalizes a human-agent-environment model instead of only showing isolated demos
5. Collection fit: Strong bridge between GenUI, agent UX, and dynamic software as a runtime medium
1. Beyond chat framing: Gives a clear theory for why linear conversation breaks on structured tasks
2. Stateful interaction layer: Treats generated apps as persistent shared working surfaces, not disposable responses
3. Actionable UI focus: Emphasizes controls, affordances, and evolving state over static rendering
4. System-level view: Formalizes a human-agent-environment model instead of only showing isolated demos
5. Collection fit: Strong bridge between GenUI, agent UX, and dynamic software as a runtime medium
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agentic-appsgenuistateful-uihuman-agent-interaction