DK en 3x02 - Agentification

DataKnightmare (English Version) by Walter Vannini

Nov 19, 202419:10Technology

Among the many prophecies around AI, there is the creation of "intelligent agents" that will just go around doing intelligent stuff for us. It's an old dream, and nowhere nearer today than 30 years ago.

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