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Agentic AI / AI Agent
AI systems designed to act semi-autonomously: setting or interpreting goals, planning a sequence of actions, and using tools to complete multi-step tasks, rather than just answering a single question.
Origin · no single documented coiner
“Agent” is long-standing academic AI terminology; the current “agentic AI” usage grew out of industry practice from 2023 onward rather than a single coining document.
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