January 2026
Beginner
352 pages
9h 8m
English
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Chapter 5
Planning for the Shift to Agentic AI Systems
IN THIS CHAPTER
Using GenAI and Agentic AI to reach your goals
Figuring out how to use AI
Implementing Agentic AI
Agentic AI is essentially autonomous AI that acts, adapts, plans, and executes complex workflows with minimal or no human direction. You may feel hesitant or anxious to move away from your favorite Generative AI (GenAI) tools (which create content on demand), such as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Adobe Firefly — or you may be excited to jump aboard the next greatest thing in AI. Either way, making the move from GenAI to Agentic AI doesn’t mean you never use GenAI again. In fact, many Agentic AI systems themselves also use GenAI. And you can use both types of AI independently, however you see fit.
This chapter walks you through the basics involved in planning and deploying Agentic AI, should you choose to accept this mission. (It doesn’t, however, self-destruct.)
Comparing Generative AI to Agentic AI with Goals in Mind
Generative AI (aka GenAI) offers immediate value in on-demand outputs, giving it a short-term advantage over Agentic AI. However, the long-term advantage shifts to Agentic AI when it becomes mature enough ...
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