A map of the Agentic Future

Reddit r/ArtificialInteligence 06/17/26, 07:36 AM News

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Summary

The author proposes an 'Agentic Shift' from direct interaction to a world where everyone and everything has an agent, moving from delegation to representation, and maps this transition with a diagram.

Hey guys, I have been thinking a lot about where the current tech paradigm may ultimately lead. Everyday I see a ton of new products : better assistants, better automation, better this, faster that… But what is going on here is much deeper than a betterment of existing use cases. My current hypothesis is that we are shifting from a world of direct interaction to a world of representation where everyone and everything will have an agent. And I mean it : corporations, brands, places, institutions, your dentist, that guy on eBay selling vintage armchairs, you… All will have an agent. This shift, that I call the Agentic Shift, will have deep implications on a broad spectrum of domains And at some point my agent may even meet yours without us ever meeting. This diagram is my attempt at mapping that transition: the Agentic Shift, a move from direct interaction to delegation, and ultimately from delegation to representation. I'd love to get the conversation going on this subject. What is your take on it? What am I missing? Where do you think this reasoning breaks do

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