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Agents, quietly: why the next wave of AI will feel less like a chatbot

Most 'agentic' demos are still framed as a conversation that happens to call tools. But the interesting work is invisible — models that plan, retry, and narrate progress as a first-class citizen of the UI.

The best agents are the ones you stop noticing — they disappear into the work.
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