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AI agents of today are as primitive as those from 30 years ago, user claims

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The author recalls a consumer agentic product from Autonomy in the late 1990s/early 2000s that searched the internet for keywords and downloaded articles. They note that current AI agents, despite advancements, are still as rudimentary as those early systems, with little apparent progress in their intelligence over the past 30 years. The author also mentions Autonomy faced legal issues and was sued extensively. AI

IMPACT This commentary suggests that current AI agents have not significantly improved in capability compared to early systems from 30 years ago, questioning the pace of progress.

RANK_REASON The item is a personal opinion and recollection, lacking new factual information or a credible source, placing it in the meme category.

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AI agents of today are as primitive as those from 30 years ago, user claims

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    I remember waay back in the late 90’s early noughties autonomy had a consumer agentic product that would search the interwebs for for keywords and download arti

    I remember waay back in the late 90’s early noughties autonomy had a consumer agentic product that would search the interwebs for for keywords and download articles for you to read at your leisure, funny thing the latest “ai agents” are as stupid as a box of frogs just like auton…

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