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"PC Agent: While You Sleep, AI Works -- A Cognitive Journey into Digital World"

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AI learns to use computers by understanding how humans think while using them

Paper proposes PC Agent, that enables AI to learn complex computer tasks by capturing and learning from human cognitive processes during computer use, making it possible to automate sophisticated digital work while humans sleep.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17589

Original Problem 🤔:

→ Current AI agents can only handle simple computer tasks like web searches but struggle with complex work like creating presentations or editing videos that require sustained operation across multiple applications

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Solution in this Paper 🔧:

→ PC Tracker collects high-quality human-computer interaction data by recording user actions and screen states.

→ A two-stage cognition completion pipeline transforms raw interaction data into rich cognitive trajectories by understanding action semantics and thought processes.

→ A multi-agent system combines a planning agent for decision-making with a grounding agent for precise visual element location.

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Key Insights from this Paper 💡:

→ The path to complex work automation lies in capturing human cognitive processes, not just actions

→ High-quality cognitive data is more valuable than large amounts of raw interaction data

→ Visual grounding and cognitive understanding are the two major challenges in building effective digital agents

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Results 📊:

→ PC Agent, trained on just 133 cognitive trajectories, successfully handles tasks with up to 50 steps

→ Successfully creates complex PowerPoint presentations involving web searches and content organization

→ Achieves 55% success rate in batch processing tasks like creating multiple themed posters

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