What does it take for something to qualify as agent AI?
Consider something like Siri. Suppose you could not only ask for information (“What will the weather be like today?”), but you could also ask for action (“Call 911/the hospital”). Does this cross the line from “Oracle” to “Agent”?
Maybe there are other definitions, but the way I’m using the term, what you described would definitely be an agent. An oracle probably wouldn’t have an internet connection at all, i.e. it would be “boxed”. (The box is just a second layer of protection … The first layer of protection is that a properly-designed safe oracle, even if it had an internet connection, would choose not to use it.)
What does it take for something to qualify as agent AI?
Consider something like Siri. Suppose you could not only ask for information (“What will the weather be like today?”), but you could also ask for action (“Call 911/the hospital”). Does this cross the line from “Oracle” to “Agent”?
Maybe there are other definitions, but the way I’m using the term, what you described would definitely be an agent. An oracle probably wouldn’t have an internet connection at all, i.e. it would be “boxed”. (The box is just a second layer of protection … The first layer of protection is that a properly-designed safe oracle, even if it had an internet connection, would choose not to use it.)