Where Are Proactive AI Agents? Engineer Notes Every Agent Still Waits for Prompts
majidmanzarpour · x · 2026-10-22
Engineer majidmanzarpour asked why every AI agent he has interacted with is "reactive" and requires prompting, wondering who is building "proactive" agents that make decisions on their own. Hours later he posted a self-deprecating follow-up with a timestamp, implying no one has an answer yet. The thread highlights a common limitation of today's agent products: they respond to user commands rather than initiating actions and decisions autonomously.
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