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Are we overusing AI agents when a normal workflow would be better?

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I’ve been spending a lot of time around agentic workflows lately, and I keep coming back to the same question. Does every multi step AI workflow actually need to be an agent? I see people building systems with multiple agents, memory, tools, planners, sub agents, etc. It looks impressive, but somet…

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    Are we overusing AI agents when a normal workflow would be better?

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