Agentic AI is Changing How We Learn

This week, big changes are happening in how schools and training programs use artificial intelligence. Agentic AI is a new type of technology that can make decisions on its own without someone telling it what to do every single time. Think of it like a smart helper that learns and adapts as it works.

New AI Training Program Launches

Interview Kickstart, a U.S. company, just announced a brand new seven-week course called the Applied Agentic AI Pathway. This course teaches engineers how to build and use AI agent systems. The instructors come from big tech companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Netflix. Students get to work on real projects where they learn how autonomous agents (that means AI that works on its own) can do complicated tasks.

AI Agents Can Help Teachers and Students

According to recent articles, AI agents can do many helpful things in education. They can help new students get started at a school or job by answering questions automatically. They can also make learning personal for each student by changing lessons based on how fast someone learns. AI agents can even create learning materials from textbooks and documents, which saves teachers lots of time.

Some People Have Concerns

However, not everyone is happy about these changes. Some educators are worried about how agentic AI might affect students, especially in online classes. They want to make sure these AI systems don't replace real teachers and that students still get human support when they need it.

What Experts Say

Experts from MIT and other research groups explain that agentic AI is a new class of systems that can plan, act, and learn on their own. These AI systems are different from chatbots because they can do multiple steps in a process and change what they do based on what happens. A famous AI expert named Andrew Ng helped make the word "agentic" popular because it describes this technology more accurately than older terms.

The Bottom Line

Education is changing because of AI agents. Companies are training people to build these systems, teachers are learning how to use them, and researchers are studying how they work. The next few years will show us exactly how AI agents will help students learn better.