From answering questions to managing work: what should proactive agents notice?
greatlearningglobal · reddit · 2026-08-21
A Reddit discussion explores proactive agentic AI: instead of the prompt-in/answer-out pattern, an AI with context access could monitor information, detect changes, and decide whether action is warranted — e.g. noticing three incomplete tasks due Friday, an unanswered client follow-up, or stale data in a report. The author argues the interesting part is not just noticing but deciding what matters and what happens next, moving AI from "answer my question" toward "help me manage the work," and asks the community what they'd want such a system to catch and whether it should flag, recommend, or act.
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