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🔎What if AI agents are actually us?

The rise of the machine over the human might not happen via workflows, but via habits. We'd then be accelerating it by giving up what originally made us human: our joy to think.

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Rene Bruentrup
Feb 13, 2026
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  • An ‘agent’ is an entity that acts on behalf of someone else and in their interest. ‘AI’ refers to machines being capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. Putting those two definitions together, an ‘AI agent’ is then an entity that spreads the intellectual influence of machines.

  • This is indeed a fitting name for t…

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