Definition
AI systems that pursue a goal on a person's behalf by planning, choosing actions and observing results in a loop, rather than producing a single answer: deciding what is needed, following a link or calling a tool, reading the result and continuing.
How we use the term
An agent that will transact needs facts it can verify and paths it can follow, so machine-readable records matter more as agents spread.
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WikidataHW-CON-055
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