Short answer: Jordan Metzner says tools like Claude Cowork stop when you stop sitting next to them, while a bot with its own server can run cron jobs, stay logged in and connect with 30 people a day on LinkedIn.
Watch this answer from Episode 57 (starts at 8:39) · Episode 57 notes and transcript
From Episode 57: A Bot Emailed a Sold Out Hotel for Me. 15 Minutes Later I Got 33% Off., starting at 8:39.
Sam Nadler [8:39]: Why does the, like, the fact that it's working on its own virtual browser, virtual machine make it feel so different than, like, the previous iteration where, like, Opus 5.5 would take over your browser and just do things on your behalf.
Jordan Metzner [8:52]: One thing is, like, having a coding assistant. So just, like, think of it as an employee who, like, sits next to you, and you tell them what to do and then they do it, and that is kind of, like, how Claude Cowork and what some of these other platforms work. Like, as long as you sit next to them, they'll do it. But, like, if you don't sit next to them anymore, they will stop working. They now have, like, pretty long run time, so you can get... And kinda get, like, a lot of juice out of it. But, like, it's kinda like I'm gonna go to lunch and I'll come back. I think what's different here is like because it has its own server, it can do these kind of cron job flows and workflows and extensive complex workflows and stay maintained and logged in and create state and things like that. So it's not that like you need your laptop open or your computer open in order for, the Claude Code to access your browser, to access LinkedIn, to make a LinkedIn connection. You just tell it to connect out to 30 people a day and it use its own browser to go connect and do all that.
Jordan Metzner [9:44]: And that's like a huge change function from like kind of the necessity of you as a worker depending on these tools to like do the work for you. Right? One was like you had to guide it, the other is you can just let it go do its thing and it'll take care of it for you.
