Draws on hands-on testing of 140+ AI assistants to show what separates them (memory, judgment, trust boundaries) and where AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition →-to-agent networks are heading, useful for anyone designing consumer agents.
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benchmark — A standard public test set for comparing AI models — the shared scoreboards behind every "model X beats model Y" claim.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
