0:02 welcome back I'm Berard Mah author of
0:04 over 20 bestselling books on future
0:06 Trends including generative AI in
0:10 practice and AI strategy today I want to
0:13 clear up some confusion about two terms
0:17 that are reshaping business AI agents
0:20 and agentic AI these terms get mixed up
0:22 all the time but understanding the
0:25 difference is
0:28 crucial so how are they different let me
0:31 break it down simply AI agents are
0:34 specific applications designed to work
0:37 through multi-step problems
0:40 independently with minimal human
0:43 guidance they are already widely used
0:46 today in banking to verify your identity
0:48 in e-commerce to personalize your
0:52 shopping experience and in countless
0:54 business applications a gentic AI on the
0:57 other hand refers to the entire field of
1:00 research and development that makes
1:02 these agents possible it's about
1:05 creating AI models capable of autonomous
1:09 work think of it this way AI agents are
1:12 like specific medicines prescribed for
1:15 particular conditions while agentic AI
1:17 is the entire field of pharmaceutical
1:20 science that develops all medications
1:22 another way to help you understand the
1:24 difference is to think about artificial
1:28 general intelligence or AGI the future
1:32 goal of creating AIS that can handle any
1:35 task we throw at them today's AI agents
1:38 are not AGI yet they are specialized
1:42 tools built for specific purposes they
1:44 can't apply their learning to new
1:48 situations the way humans can agentic AI
1:50 is the broader research field that many
1:53 believe will eventually lead to AGI it
1:56 includes building AIS that can interact
1:59 with external systems both digital inter
2:03 interfaces and physical robotics why
2:05 does this matter to your business
2:08 because as research advances we will see
2:11 increasingly sophisticated agents
2:13 capable of automating many different
2:17 tasks soon we'll have truly personalized
2:20 digital assistant that learn what we
2:22 need and take steps to help us achieve
2:26 it integrated with robotics these agents
2:29 will automate even physical tasks like
2:32 complex construction or engineering work
2:35 these changes are happening at break
2:38 neck speed likely faster than many
2:40 expect understanding these developments
2:43 now is essential for thriving in this
2:45 new technological era thanks for
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