Not quite, and the gap between “like you” and what actually happens is worth understanding before trusting one with anything real.
Computer-use agents see a screenshot, identify clickable elements, and take an action, then repeat, an approximation of vision and clicking rather than the same process you go through.
Our coverage of the OSWorld 2.0 benchmark found leading agents dropping from roughly 85% success on an easier, saturated test to around 20% on one testing longer, more realistic task chains. Short, familiar, well-defined tasks are where they’re genuinely reliable. Long workflows across unfamiliar applications are where the “like you” comparison breaks down fast.
Where a real API exists, use it instead, it’s still more reliable than screen automation. Save computer-use agents for exactly the gap they were built for: software with no API at all. Review the benchmark directly at the OSWorld project page for the current numbers.
