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AI Agents: The Illusion of Intelligence

February 3, 2025·2 min read·By Alain Prasquier

Originally published on LinkedIn.


🔍 AI Agents: The Illusion of Intelligence

Anyone who has had a conversation with Boardy will be troubled by uncanny feeling that "it" is more than a machine. BTW, anyone who has not yet gotten the board phone call should rush to do so! It is glimpse in the world to come.

However, advanced AI agents are becoming, none of them is actually that smart (yet!). They're predictive, not perceptive. They execute, but don't truly understand.

🚨 The problem?

🔹 AI agents can confidently make wrong decisions—without knowing they're wrong (like some people I know 😃).

🔹 They operate in narrow lanes, missing context and nuance (stay tune for more to come on that front 🚀

🔹 When unchecked, they don't improve—they just automate mistakes at scale

To be successful, we believe AI agents should be supervised, adaptive, and context-aware.

💡 Food for thoughts:

Are your AI agents truly making your business smarter, or just making decisions faster—with no accountability?

Alain Prasquier is the founder of Runwaize.