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Chatbots Are Toys. AI Agents Are Tools of Transformation.
Letās be honestāmost of what people call āAIā today is window dressing. A chatbot with a script, a little flair, and a cute interface. Thatās not agency. Thatās trickery. True AI agents observe, reason, act, and learn. Theyāre persistent, autonomous systems designed to accomplish goals in complex environments.
In a community context, this means an agent that doesnāt just answer questions but monitors air quality, flags health risks in real-time, proposes actionable interventions, and coordinates across agencies. Itās the difference between a calculator and a personal financial advisor with a memory and long-term context.
Communities arenāt asking for toys. They need force multipliersāentities that scale impact without scaling cost. AI agents, when built right, arenāt just digital workers. Theyāre collaborators in societal resilience. 2 replies
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