Claude Cowork: the interesting part isn't the demo
Anthropic's agent for non-developers is here. The demos are fine — they're not the point. Here's where it pays inside an operating business, and where it still goes wrong.
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Anthropic's agent for non-developers is here. The demos are fine — they're not the point. Here's where it pays inside an operating business, and where it still goes wrong.
The multiple arbitrage story still works. What's changed is where the operational value sits — and that changes which roll-ups are worth doing.
The agent doesn't disappear — the work around them does. Where AI is already paying in Australian real estate, what's overhyped, and what we'd push back on.
Half of Australian licensed brokers are 50 or older. Trade volumes are forecast to rise 50% by 2032. AI won't replace the broker — but it can multiply their capacity.