Ep138: The Future of Agentic AI – Challenges and Opportunities with Rob McGrorty

In a fascinating discussion, Rob McGrorty, Product Leader of Agents at Amazon AGI Lab, reveals how rapidly AI agents are evolving with corporate adoption exploding as companies race to deploy production agents and the challenges and advantages they’re experiencing.Topics Include:GenAI adoption outpaces all previous tech waves, growing faster than computers or internetEarly adopters tackle complex tasks while newcomers still use basic text manipulation featuresAI models double their single-call task capabilities every seven months, exponentially increasing powerAccelerating progress makes yesterday's magic mundane, unlocking mass creativity and customer demandAgents represent natural evolution: chatbots answered questions, now agents autonomously accomplish tasksAmazon's browser agent finds apartments, maps distances, ranks options using multiple transit modesCorporate adoption exploded: 33% piloting agents in 2024, 67% moving to production nowTwo main agent types today: API calling with tool use, browser automationCurrent applications mirror "RPA 2.0" - form filling, data extraction, website QA testingFuture brings multi-agent systems, self-directing loops, and agent-to-agent negotiation scenariosMajor challenges: data privacy, oversight protocols, error responsibility, and ecosystem sustainabilityTechnical hurdles include real-time accuracy measurement, latency issues, and quality assurance frameworksParticipants:Rob McGrorty – Product Leader, Agents at Amazon AGI LabSee how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

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