Apple Enters MCP: Toward an Era When Software Is Written for AI Bots, Not GUIs

Apple has generally taken a cautious approach to AI, the presenter notes, but is pushing aggressively in certain areas -- and its recent MCP (Model Context Protocol) support announcement is one example. MCP is a standard connecting AI models to tools and data sources, and while it sounds like jargon, the video explains it's fully understandable for ambitious users and hobbyists alike.

Companies like Photos or Adobe, when planning their next products, will start prioritizing designs AI bots can operate over ones humans navigate with a mouse. As complexity grows, the constraint of 'that's too complicated for users' effectively disappears, opening the floodgates for bots to operate essentially everything on a computer.

Future software will fundamentally be written assuming these bot systems will use it, and humans operating directly via GUI will become the special, minority case -- a genuine seismic shift, the presenter argues.

To make MCP more relatable, the presenter walks through it using AppleScript as a comparison point -- something many viewers have struggled with in the past. The revolution between AI bots and apps is coming regardless, and since Windows, Linux, and Apple are all heading in this direction, Apple simply can't afford to be left behind.

The only thing Apple is likely to add on its own is some kind of confirmation and security layer -- 'Allow this bot to access your files?' -- but beyond that, the presenter concludes this revolution is essentially certain to unfold.