The latest articles on DEV Community by Ana Diana Buzea (@ana_dianabuzea1107). https://dev.to/ana_dianabuzea1107 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3937421%2Ffd17df7c-7d24-471a-9bcc-5b24dd9c60b2.jpg https://dev.to/ana_dianabuzea1107 en Ana Diana Buzea Mon, 18 May 2026 07:08:35 +0000 https://dev.to/ana_dianabuzea1107/ai-agents-are-not-binary-they-live-on-a-spectrum-2pcf https://dev.to/ana_dianabuzea1107/ai-agents-are-not-binary-they-live-on-a-spectrum-2pcf <p>Everyone's building "agents", but when a scripted FAQ chatbot and a system that writes its own Python scraper are both called agents, the word stops meaning anything useful.</p> <p>We wrote a sharp breakdown of what actually differentiates agentic systems: not whether something is an agent, but how much autonomy it's been given across reasoning, retrieval, tool use, memory, and reflection.</p> <p>Key takeaway: minimum viable autonomy. Start with the simplest system that solves the problem. More autonomy means more adaptability, but also more unpredictability, security risk, and governance overhead.</p> <p>Read full article here: <a href="https://technology.complyadvantage.com/ai-agents-the-autonomy-spectrum/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://technology.complyadvantage.com/ai-agents-the-autonomy-spectrum/</a></p> ai machinelearning llm agents