We've left the Generative AI era and entered the Agentic AI era.

· Bits and Bobs 2/16/26
  • We've left the Generative AI era and entered the Agentic AI era.
    • The models have gotten so good at tool calling in a loop that they can do something qualitatively different.
    • Chatbots are from the Generative AI era.
      • They can do agentic things, but almost as an accidental bonus.
    • Tools like Claude Code are fundamentally agentic.
      • They look kind of like a chatbot, but that's incidental.
    • A couple of years ago people tried to wrap LLMs and create agents, but it was premature.
    • The model quality wasn't there yet.
    • So they concluded it wasn't possible.
    • But it just wasn't ready yet.
    • Now it is.
    • The chatbot form factor is not enough to convey that power.

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