{"id":23860,"date":"2024-12-16T08:23:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/?p=23860"},"modified":"2024-12-16T08:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:29:29","slug":"ai-agents-definition-attributes-examples-and-advanced-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/16\/ai-agents-definition-attributes-examples-and-advanced-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Agents: Definition, Attributes, Examples, and Advanced Capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-16-at-7.21.50-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-16-at-7.21.50-AM-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-16-at-7.21.50-AM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-16-at-7.21.50-AM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-16-at-7.21.50-AM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-16-at-7.21.50-AM-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-16-at-7.21.50-AM-2048x1153.png 2048w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-16-at-7.21.50-AM-1920x1080.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I presented this slide for the first time last week at NVIDIA HQ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7273324392711954432\/\">see my photos on Linkedin<\/a>), speaking about how AI agents are reshaping business, society, and our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this wasn\u2019t created in a vacuum. I\u2019ve been refining this working definition over time, gathering expert input and real-world examples to bring clarity to a topic that\u2019s evolving rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Working Definition:<\/strong> <br>AI Agents are autonomous software systems that perceive their environment, make decisions, and take actions to achieve specific goals, often with the ability to learn and adapt over time.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Basic Attributes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access and add to memory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Self-determine a plan of action<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verification and permissions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete sophisticated actions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Self-improvement and learning<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Examples in Action:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Home: Plan, order, and pay for delivery or cooked meals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comms: Organize emails, messages, and even respond.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work: Gather, analyze, and present data for reports (imagine end-of-month tasks automated).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical: Fully autonomous self-driving cars (e.g., Waymo).<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Advanced Mode: Orchestration:<\/strong> <br>When agents recruit, manage, and coordinate the actions of other agents. This is where things get even more interesting, unlocking networked intelligence for greater outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This definition is from a Collaborative Effort:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I\u2019ve been fortunate to receive feedback from expert AI builders like Parth Patil, Anna Yuan, Catherine Kurt, Karpagam Narayanan, Jiquan Ngiam, Mikhil Raja, and Sarah Allali.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I\u2019ve learned directly from the leaders we\u2019ve invested in at Blitzscaling Ventures, like MultiOn (consumer agents), CrewAI (enterprise agents), and Skyfire (agent payments).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And of course, I\u2019ve hosted dozens of agent startups at Llama Lounge (<a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/category\/llama-lounge\/\">see archives<\/a>), where I\u2019ve seen some of the most cutting-edge live demos.<br><br>Below: Photos from the amazing new Nvidia campus, the twin buildings are aptly named Voyager and Endeavor after the Star Trek series I grew up with. Next to me is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/p4r7h\/\">Parth Patil<\/a>, the second speaker, he&#8217;s a very talented AI agent developer and hacker, we were joined by his brother. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.07.49-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" data-id=\"23870\" src=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.07.49-AM-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.07.49-AM-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.07.49-AM-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.07.49-AM-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.07.49-AM-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.07.49-AM-2048x1143.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.08.31-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" data-id=\"23871\" src=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.08.31-AM-1024x597.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.08.31-AM-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.08.31-AM-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.08.31-AM-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.08.31-AM-1536x895.png 1536w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-13-at-5.08.31-AM-2048x1194.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241212_130834-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23869\" src=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241212_130834-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241212_130834-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241212_130834-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241212_130834-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241212_130834-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241212_130834-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I presented this slide for the first time last week at NVIDIA HQ (see my photos on Linkedin), speaking about how AI agents are reshaping business, society, and our lives. But this wasn&rsquo;t created in a vacuum. I&rsquo;ve been refining this working definition over time, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/16\/ai-agents-definition-attributes-examples-and-advanced-capabilities\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AI Agents: Definition, Attributes, Examples, and Advanced Capabilities<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}