Difference between Gen AI | AI Agent | Agentic AI
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Generative AI |
Generative AI
is a type of artificial intelligence that that creates new contents such as
text, images, audio or video based on on pattern learnt from existing data. |
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AI Agent |
AI Agent is a
program that takes input, think and act to complete a task using tool, memory
and knowledge. It is autonomous but narrow. It is task specific and does not
span multiple or evolving goals. |
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Agentic AI |
Agentic AI is
a system where one or more AI agents work autonomously, often over long task,
making decisions, using tools and even other agent to reach the goal. |
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System
Type |
Gen AI
(LLM-only) |
AI Agent |
Agentic AI |
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Task
Capability |
Answers based
on pre-trained knowledge only |
Takes input,
decides, and completes a task |
Handles multi-step
goals with planning and coordination |
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Tool Usage |
No external
tools |
Uses tools to
complete a task |
Uses multiple
tools, may call other agents |
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Autonomous
Decisions |
No
decision-making |
Makes
decisions to complete the task |
Plans,
decides, and adapts over time |
