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The New Agent Meta Is Here!

Agents promised full autonomy but they aren't any close to it.

Now, the industry is shifting—Agentic Workflows & MCP are taking over.

What’s changing? What’s next? Let’s break it down 👇

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AI Agents aren’t accurate enough.

- Claude AI? 14% of human performance.
- Most AI Agents? ~20% success rate.
- Even OpenAI Operator, one of the best, struggles at 30-50% accuracy.

The biggest lie in AI:
"Just add an agent and it'll work."

The truth:

Agents need:
• Clear task definition
• Role-based constraints
• Proper orchestration

That's how you build real solutions.

João Moura

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AI Agents aren’t accurate enough.

- Claude AI? 14% of human performance.
- Most AI Agents? ~20% success rate.
- Even OpenAI Operator, one of the best, struggles at 30-50% accuracy.
https://x.com/joaomdmoura/status/1886897569730854992

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For AI Agents to truly work, they need 70%+ accuracy to match human capability. They’re nowhere near that.

This is why the focus is shifting from "autonomous AI" to AI that assists, reasons, and orchestrates.

Jensen Huang says AI agents can't do 100% of any job, but they will do 50% of the work for 100% of people, and AI won't take your job; AI used by somebody else will take your job https://t.co/EJo6e4WK1G

Tsarathustra

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For AI Agents to truly work, they need 70%+ accuracy to match human capability. They’re nowhere near that.

This is why the focus is shifting from "autonomous AI" to AI that assists, reasons, and orchestrates.
https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1857532577445564806

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The biggest shift? From standalone AI Agents to Agentic Workflows.

Instead of AI trying (and failing) to do everything in one step, workflows are now structured, sequential, and inspectable.

Complex agents develop a plan and then execute it step by step 

The challenge is that even with 90% accuracy - the error adds up across steps 

So ideally, you want to aim for 95%+ accuracy which is hard to do https://t.co/RkgYxtBh1Y

Bindu Reddy

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This also means a shift from API-based execution to GUI-based AI integration. Rather than relying on backend API calls, AI now works directly within web browsers and OS interfaces.

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Take Webvoyager & OpenAI Operator—they use web browsers for execution.

Or Anthropic, which is integrating AI at the OS level.

The GUI is becoming the new API.

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Take Webvoyager & OpenAI Operator—they use web browsers for execution.

Or Anthropic, which is integrating AI at the OS level.

The GUI is becoming the new API.
https://x.com/chatgpt21/status/1896339128742195216

6/ Why?

Because black-box AI execution is too unreliable.

Companies need workflows that are observable, adaptable, and controllable.

Blind automation just isn’t cutting it anymore.

7/ Agentic Workflows solve this.

Instead of AI taking one action and hoping for the best, it chains tasks together, reasons through them, and executes step by step. Every decision is traceable and adjustable.

7/ Agentic Workflows solve this.

Instead of AI taking one action and hoping for the best, it chains tasks together, reasons through them, and executes step by step. Every decision is traceable and adjustable.
https://x.com/surim0n/status/1796534622379217299

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This shift is critical.

 Knowledge workers spend 30% of their time searching for information.

 AI can’t just fetch answers anymore—it must synthesize data from multiple sources.

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This is where Data Synthesis comes in.
The new AI meta is about combining, structuring, and refining information—not just retrieving it.

 This makes AI far more valuable in real-world applications.

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We’re already seeing the early signs of this shift:

 🔹 ChatGPT’s Deep Research feature (multi-step research automation)

 🔹 LlamaIndex’s Agentic RAG (structured data retrieval with reasoning)

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The next cycle of AI will focus on:

 - Workflow orchestration at the desktop level

 - Multi-step reasoning & decomposition

 -AI that adapts instead of just automates

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The new AI race isn’t about full autonomy anymore.

 It’s about who builds the most useful AI.

The winners will be those who master structured reasoning & data synthesis.

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The new AI race isn’t about full autonomy anymore.

 It’s about who builds the most useful AI.

The winners will be those who master structured reasoning & data synthesis.
https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1883259436007145875

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The AI meta has changed.

 We’ve moved from "autonomous agents" to "intelligent orchestrators."

The question is—are you ready for it?
Where do you see AI Agents going next? Let’s discuss 👇
This thread is tight, engaging, and flows naturally from start to finish. 🚀 Let me know if you want any refinements!

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The biggest shift? From standalone AI Agents to Agentic Workflows.

Instead of AI trying (and failing) to do everything in one step, workflows are now structured, sequential, and inspectable.
https://x.com/bindureddy/status/1831136294128508982