Ep 232: A Contrarian View of Agentic AI w/ Andrew Clark (Monitaur)

This week on The Audit Podcast, we're joined by Andrew Clark, Co-Founder and CTO of Monitaur.   In this episode, Andrew shares his unique perspective on agentic AI, challenging common assumptions about what AI agents actually are. He explores the marketing problem with AI and agents, why agents might not be what we think, and the governance challenges that come with them.   Be sure to connect with Andrew on LinkedIn.   Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.   Timecodes:   5:22 – ChatGPT: Jack of All Trades, Master of None? 7:00 – Picking the Right Language Model 11:33 – What the Future Holds for AGI 16:15 – What AI Agents Are Really About 19:52 – The Marketing Issue with AI and Its Agents 25:06 – The Trouble with AI Agents 31:23 – How to Regulate AI and Its Agents 42:45 - Final thoughts   *   This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics, the services firm that helps auditors leap-frog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee the results worthy of the analytics hype.  Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.