
Six weeks ago, industry consensus suggested that average consumers were not adopting AI agents. However, Meta's application, Muse, has surged to the number two spot on the App Store, receiving significant unprompted positive feedback from non-technical users. This rapid rise highlights a potential inflection point in consumer AI adoption, driven by specific design patterns such as persistence, goal building, smart defaults, and progressive disclosure.
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