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title: Quoting John Gruber
link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/25/john-gruber/
source: simonwillison-net
published: 2026-09-25T17:22:01Z
updated: 2026-09-25T17:22:01Z
first_seen: 2026-09-25T18:30:37.122772579Z
labels:
- ai
- general-agents
- generative-ai
- john-gruber
- llms
- meta
- muse
- muse-agent
summary: 'Muse is getting a lot of attention — including mine — because it’s both groundbreaking technically (each user gets their own entire persistent Linux VM running in Meta’s cloud) and because it’s packaged in an easy-to-install easy-to-use way. It’s literally presented as a cute mascot. It’s the first consumer-accessible agentic AI system, and Meta has truly done an amazing job with that. But it’s a genuinely open question whether consumers have any understanding what this means. If you buy a power saw that can cut your fingers off, you are almost certainly aware that you are buying a power saw that can sever your fingers. [...] I don’t think people realize how powerful — and thus dangerous — Muse is, especially if it’s running on your Mac. — John Gruber, Muse Looks Cute, but Looks are Deceiving Tags: meta, ai, llms, general-agents, generative-ai, john-gruber, muse-agent, muse'
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> Muse is getting a lot of attention — including mine — because it’s both groundbreaking technically (each user gets their own entire persistent Linux VM running in Meta’s cloud) *and* because it’s packaged in an easy-to-install easy-to-use way. It’s literally presented as [a cute mascot](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/24/song-meta-muse-cute). It’s the first consumer-accessible agentic AI system, and Meta has truly done an amazing job with that. But it’s a genuinely open question whether consumers have any understanding what this means. If you buy a power saw that can cut your fingers off, you are almost certainly aware that you are buying a power saw that can sever your fingers. \[...\] I don’t think people realize how powerful — and thus dangerous — Muse is, especially if it’s running on your Mac.

— [John Gruber](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/25/aten-muse), Muse Looks Cute, but Looks are Deceiving