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For those building AI agents: what would you actually want an agent to do for you?

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I work at a company building conversational AI and AI agents for customer interactions, mainly around WhatsApp and other messaging channels. One thing I've been thinking about lately is that we often talk about “AI agents” in very broad terms but the real value probably isn't having an agent that c…

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  1. 2026-08-20 20:02 · r/AI_Agents
    For those building AI agents: what would you actually want an agent to do for you?

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