"Agent" is Just a New Buzzword
ctjlewis · x · 2026-07-11
He complains that "agent / agentic" has become the new empty buzzword. People no longer say they are building "so-and-so chatbot," but instead now call it "so-and-so agent" or "agentic so-and-so." Fundamentally, there is no difference from the chat wrappers of 22-23.
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