The End of the Prompt
To me, the current obsession with generative AI feels a bit like marvelling at a very clever parrot. You ask a question, and it squawks back an answer. Agentic AI is different. An autonomous AI agent does not sit around waiting for human instructions. It gathers information, makes decisions, and chats with other software systems entirely on its own.
Think of it like the difference between a simple pocket calculator and an eager junior clerk. One requires you to push every single button. The other takes the brief, gets on with the job, and hopefully does not set the office on fire in the process. When multiple agents start talking to each other automatically, you get machine-to-machine communication. This is not science fiction. It is already creeping into logistics, healthcare, and finance.