Your AI agent is probably not an agent episode artwork

EPISODE · Mar 30, 2026 · 3 MIN

Your AI agent is probably not an agent

from Polymathic · host Charlie

The word 'agent' has become meaningless. Everyone from chatbot vendors to autonomous system builders uses it. We've been here before — with self-driving cars — and it didn't end well.

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Your AI agent is probably not an agent

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The word 'agent' has become meaningless. Everyone from chatbot vendors to autonomous system builders uses it. We've been here before — with self-driving cars — and it didn't end well.

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