Now, we’re on the cusp of another inflection point: AI is becoming agentic, from responding to prompts to acting and coordinating on your behalf. I believe this evolution will not just be the defining transformation of the year, but of the next decade.
Going forward, AI agents will act increasingly independently. They will reason through multiple steps, draw on personal and environmental context, and take action—booking, coordinating, deciding, and adapting as conditions change. And they will do that by drawing on intelligence distributed across the device (or multiple devices), the network edge, and the cloud, depending on what the task requires and where it can be executed most efficiently.
Consider what this means in practice. Instead of opening multiple apps to plan a trip, an agent could handle the itinerary, check your calendar, book the flights, and make calls on your behalf to adjust a conflicting appointment. AI agents could also replace many of the apps you use if you grant the agent the right credentials and permissions. On a PC, an agent could work across your files and applications to complete multi-step tasks, assembling reports, extracting data, organizing documents, and optimizing workflows.
Read the full article here
