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AI Agent Hype vs. Reality: Why Most 'Agents' Are Just Fancy Functions
The term 'AI agent' is being diluted, causing engineering mistakes as teams over-engineer simple pipelines. True agents have objectives, handle failures, and decompose goals, but most production deployments are narrow, purpose-built pipelines. Success comes from obsessing over tool design, failure handling, and observability, not chasing the latest model.
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The article correctly punctures the agent hype bubble, but the real story is that the window to build genuine AI expertise is closing as the field matures rapidly.
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