Название: Agentic AI For Dummies
Автор: Pam Baker
Издательство: For Dummies
Год: 2026
Страниц: 354
Язык: английский
Формат: True PDF, True EPUB
Размер: 10.1 MB

An easy-to-follow guide to demystifying Agentic AI, the next step in the evolution of Artificial Intelligence.

Agentic AI is the next big leap in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Agentic systems don't just respond to commands. They set goals, make decisions, and take initiative without direct human interaction. Sound like a lot to wrap your head around? Fortunately Agentic AI For Dummies is here to help you gain understanding of this advancing technology.

Written by the author of ChatGPT For Dummies and Generative AI For Dummies, this easy-to-understand tech guide helps you take your first steps into Agentic AI. Get insight into the technologies driving Agentic AI, a road map for shifting from legacy systems to Agentic systems, and a tour of real-world use cases for Agentic AI. This books arms you with an understanding to make better decisions about how and when to use Agentic AI technologies.

The shift from AI output (GenAI) to AI action (Agentic AI) is a huge technological feat on par with the autonomous cars available now, and these technologies share many similar risks and opportunities. Agentic AI can schedule tasks, run experiments, optimize business decisions, or help you shop online, for example. And it can do all of that without you having to hold its hand every step of the way.

But the addition of partial or complete autonomy that Agentic AI possesses comes with a new set of challenges. In an accounting scenario, how do you keep agents from going off track and deleting an entire spreadsheet or database? In a medical situation, how do you trust Agentic AI to work safely and not hurt a patient? If you love the idea of an AI agent working as your personal online shopper, how do you keep that agent from buying things with your credit card that you didn’t intend for it to buy? And how do you tell the difference between a useful agent and one that’s more hype than help? This book is here to answer some of the practical questions about Agentic AI and explain the scope of applications that it can touch. By the time that you finish reading this book, you’ll be able to talk about Agentic AI with confidence, spot it when you see it, and know how to make it work for you, instead of the other way around.

Inside the book:
Discussions of the technological foundations of agentic AI
Explorations of the wide variety of applications of the AI agents, including in scientific research, innovation, business operations, healthcare, and more
Insightful examinations of the ethical considerations and hurdles you'll need to navigate when it's time to deploy agentic AI in your company

Perfect for business owners, entrepreneurs, managers, executives, professionals and team leaders in the private sector, Agentic AI For Dummies is a hands-on toolkit and strategy guide for using autonomous AI solutions to solve hard problems in your organization.

To make the content more accessible, I divide it into five parts:
• Part 1: Understanding Agentic AI: In this part, you find out what Agentic AI is and how it works
• Part 2: Getting Started on the Agentic AI Path: Check out this part to get a good grasp on where and when to use Agentic AI as well as the ethics involved
• Part 3: Agentic AI in the Real World: Here you’ll find how Agentic AI will likely change your work and your world — and what you can do to make sure no one is harmed in the process
• Part 4: Exploring Myths and Realities: Here are the facts about what Agentic AI is and isn’t, whether it has agency, and what amount of upskilling you need to keep pace
• Part 5: The Part of Tens: This section gets right to the point of unexpected surprises now and 10 years from now, and it gives you a list of things that Agentic AI is absolutely terrible at doing