'Agent' has become a grifter dog whistle, laments AI practitioner
teodorio · x · 2026-10-27
teodorio expresses sadness that "agent"—a term he liked for capturing AI's practical effects—has turned into a dog whistle for grifters, highlighting how marketing hype is diluting the word's technical meaning.
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