--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "b467d6accdc2d682505c315d17a3af0f8069145bd101a62d37c1a6066a98f86e" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/b467d6ac?lang=en" title: "Quoting John Gruber" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-25T17:22:01.000Z" category: "Agents" topics: ["meta","safety"] source_urls: ["https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/25/john-gruber/"] 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" --- # Quoting John Gruber > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-25T17:22:01.000Z **Category:** Agents **Topics:** meta, safety ## 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 ## Sources - [Story source]()