Data/ML/AITable-stakesEmergingAround since 2023
AI Agent
Also written as Agentic AI, Autonomous Agent
An AI system that can plan, take multiple actions (like calling tools or APIs), and adjust based on results, rather than just answering a single prompt.
Think of it like
Like handing an assistant a task and letting them figure out the steps — look things up, make calls, adjust the plan — rather than just answering one question and stopping.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Calls any chatbot an 'agent.'
Senior sounds like
Can describe a concrete example — what tools it called, what loop it ran — that made the thing they built an actual agent.
Ask them
“What made the thing you built an 'agent' rather than a single prompt-and-response call?”