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Stop Calling Everything an AI Agent. Sometimes It's a Fucking Shard.

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I am begging the AI industry to stop calling every piece of software an “agent.” Chatbot with a tool call? Agent. Workflow with three API requests? Agent. Script that wakes up, does exactly what you told it to do and goes back to sleep? Apparently Agent Steve now has autonomy and a LinkedIn profile…

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  1. 2026-09-14 19:09 · r/AI_Agents
    Stop Calling Everything an AI Agent. Sometimes It's a Fucking Shard.

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