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Creativity and Unpredictability: Two sides of the same coin?

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Image by Rajashree Rajadhyax It was the end of a long day, and I'd been focused on a challenge common to my work: getting an AI to align with a client's specific vision. This constant push and pull is the story of my life with AI—it's an incredible tool that amazes me one moment and drives me crazy the next. When I'm working with AI for my clients and also for my own projects, I can't help but wonder: are creativity and unpredictability two sides of the same coin? On one hand, I think AI is incredibly creative. It helps me generate all kinds of cool stuff—images, music, videos, whatever I need. It helps me find things, write a quick poem for a special event, or summarize long articles I don't have time to read. When I give it free rein, it really shines. I love how creative it is and I'm totally happy with the results. But then, there's the other side of the coin. The very same AI can be a source of significant challenge when I'm working on a client ...

AI Agents explained

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  AI Agents Explained. Image by Rajashree Rajadhyax Everyone’s using chat companions like Chat GPT, Perplexity, Claude and the like. You’ll agree that we all find them useful in many ways. Just as we were getting a grip on generative AI, the term AI agents started gaining popularity.  Everybody’s talking  about "AI agents" now, but most of the time, it's either overhyped, vague, or poorly defined. Every week, there’s a post claiming, “We built an AI agent that will change your life.” But peel back the marketing gloss, and you’ll find a wide range of systems,  from simple scripts that run a series of prompts, to complex multi-step, self-directed workflows, all being labelled “agents.”  The truth is: AI agents aren’t a single thing with a rigid definition. They can have different levels of independence, and once you see that range, all the buzz feels clearer. The Core Idea of an AI Agent At its heart, a software can be called an ‘AI agent’ if it can: 1. Perceive ...