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In the 1990s, MIT professor Pattie Maes was skeptical about personal AI agents. Here’s how she thinks we’re likely already using them

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The idea of AI agents, or God-forbid “agentic AI,” is the current buzzword du jour for every tech leader who’s trying to hype their recent investments.

The concept of an automated assistant dedicated to completing software tasks is far from a fresh idea.

MIT professor Pattie Maes says engineers are not spending enough time addressing the complexities of human-computer interactions.

We should show up as ourselves in online interactions. It’s increasingly all we have left..

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