Monday, 12 January 2026

To understand AI, think in layers

 ðŸš€ Many people think AI progress is about bigger models or new buzzwords.

 But that’s not the real shift.


To understand AI, think in layers:


🔹 Rules-based AI followed instructions written by humans.

 No thinking. No learning.


🔹 Deep Learning learned patterns from data.

 It didn’t know things — it recognized them.


🔹 Generative AI creates content.

 Text, images, code — impressive, but mostly reactive.

 You ask → it responds.


🔹 Agentic AI is different.

 It doesn’t just answer.

 It plans steps, chooses tools, and takes action to reach a goal.


That’s why this matters 👇

 The real breakthrough isn’t what AI can say.

 It’s what AI can do next without being told.


So instead of asking:

 ❌ “Is this the newest model?”


Start asking:

 ✅ “Can this AI think ahead and act on its own?”


That shift — from response to action — is where the next wave of AI is coming from.



To understand AI, think in layers

 ðŸš€ Many people think AI progress is about bigger models or new buzzwords.  But that’s not the real shift. To understand AI, think in layers...