Embed AI Agents Into Software, Don't Treat Them as Coworkers
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Summary
This article argues that AI agents should not be treated as coworkers or standalone tools, but rather embedded directly into software systems using proper design patterns. Drawing inspiration from Mark Weiser's vision of ubiquitous computing, the author contends that the most effective agents are those that operate in the background, react to changes, and stay out of the user's way. The piece critiques the current trend of agentic management software (like Moltbot, OpenClaw, ZeroClaw, Hermes, AutoGPT) and advocates for a more integrated, less intrusive approach to AI agent design.
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Using agents makes me think about an article a famous computer scientist named Mark Weiser once wrote, titled The Computer for the 21st Century.
We run quite a few agents ourselves at Feldera: to review code, to help troubleshoot customer issues, to maintain and debug our infrastructure etc.
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