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Agentic AI

AI systems designed to autonomously plan, act, and iterate toward completing complex goals.

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What It Means

Agentic AI refers to AI systems that can autonomously take actions in the world - browsing the web, writing and running code, managing files, interacting with APIs - in service of completing a user-defined goal. The key word is "autonomously": the AI decides what steps to take, rather than being told each step.

Why It Matters

Agentic AI is the current frontier of practical AI applications. Tools like Claude Code, Devin, and various coding agents represent the first wave of agentic AI that works reliably in production. The trend is toward AI systems that can handle increasingly complex, multi-step tasks with less human supervision.

Sources & Further Reading

Anthropic: Claude Code (agentic AI tool) - https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code

Andrew Ng: "Agentic AI" (talk) - https://www.deeplearning.ai/