What is Agentic AI?

From answering to acting

LLMs answered questions. Agents pursue goals. The difference is not a new model — it's what we do with the conversation.

• A prompt is a conversation; the conversation contains all the context.
• The agent's total memory is what's in the conversation.
• Designing agents = designing and managing the flow of a conversation.

Course thesis

To understand AI agents, understand the conversations they're having. This week, every concept will be shown as a conversation you can read, step through, and fork.

To script

• Opening conversation: same request to a chatbot vs. an agent, side by side.
• The "it's just turns" reveal — show the raw message list behind a slick agent product.