Agents — A Real Innovation?
We’ve been hearing a lot about agents lately — articles and posts are overflowing with the term “Agentic AI” (and now, this one too 👀). But is it really something new? Back in the 1990s, people were already talking about agents and describing them as entities that operate continuously and autonomously within a dynamic and evolving environment. Others took a more philosophical approach, defining agents as entities whose internal state is represented by mental concepts such as beliefs, abilities, choices, and commitments. Their actions are constrained and governed by fixed rules.