Andrew Ng a well known researcher in the field of artificial intelligence introduced the term this year to settle arguments about which technology qualifies as an agent and which does not.

In a newsletter from June he mentioned a gray area he wrote. He determined that the term agentic covers technology that is not necessarily an agent but has similar characteristics.

In various fields agentic has had diverse definitions. Psychologists have utilized it to explain how humans can exert influence over their own lives.

Privacy advocates have applied the term to refer to technology that allows individuals to manage how their data is utilized.

Zoe Weinberg a venture capitalist who funds privacy and security centered agentic technology finds it ironic that the term now describes technology that functions with minimal human control.

Weinberg dubbed it a typical Silicon Valley cliche. Pronounced as ā jənt i k this term is a sophisticated way of describing something that functions as an agent.

Unlike chatbots is able to function independently without needing a human to input a prompt first. A complex goal such as predicting maintenance needs for factory machines or planning a trip could be generated by a customer and the A.Would carry out the necessary tasks automatically. This is the general concept at the very least. The majority of advanced artificial intelligence is currently at a preliminary stage of potential development.

This is an ideal opportunity for tech companies to heavily market it as Agentic A. Is described as ushering in a revolutionary period by a startup named Humans.

The CEO of another start up Humanic AI stated on LinkedIn that we currently exist in an agentic economy.

Snowflake a company that offers cloud computing services recently introduced a new offering.