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Chatbots retrieving and generating are not agents, experts say

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A chatbot that retrieves and generates responses from a document collection is not considered an agent, regardless of its performance. The distinction lies in its inability to independently choose actions. This perspective highlights the difference between advanced retrieval and generation capabilities and true agentic behavior. AI

IMPACT Clarifies the distinction between advanced chatbots and true AI agents, impacting how agentic systems are defined and developed.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a social media platform discussing the definition of AI agents.

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Chatbots retrieving and generating are not agents, experts say

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · minoxian ·

    A chatbot that answers from a document collection is not an agent, however good it is. It retrieves and it generates. It does not choose actions. This excerpt w

    A chatbot that answers from a document collection is not an agent, however good it is. It retrieves and it generates. It does not choose actions. This excerpt was taken from the eBook Inside Agentic Systems: https:// minox.cosmichive.com/inside-ag entic-systems/ # ai # agenticsys…

    LINKS minox.cosmichive.com/inside-agentic-syste…

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