Step aside, Bond- Agent(ic) AI is here!

By Prof Avijit Raychaudhuri, Faculty member of Supply Chain & Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur

Picture a hypothetical. Sales of your company’s products have suddenly experienced a steep fall within an area, for no obvious reason. It now falls on you to get to the bottom of the issue and take corrective actions. Most likely, identifying the root cause(s) would involve significant time and effort spent traveling across your zone and interacting with various stakeholders in person. Sounds like a lot of work, right?

Well, fret you not, Agentic AI is here, needs no rubbing, and grants infinite wishes! It is like having your own personal detectives to whom you can just describe the task, and they will do their AI black (-box) magic and tell you the root cause of the problem. If you provide enough autonomy to the agents, they will ...