In the spirit of Built to Pivot — staying proactive, curious and continuing to learn — I’m going to try and share something new that I've learned about AI each week. This week - AI Agents
I asked ChatGPT where to start, and it recommended Tina Huang’s Zero to Your First AI Agent in 26 Minutes.
In the video, Tina creates an AI agent that researches a topic, summarises the information and emails her an audio version to listen to on her daily commute.
What I learned 💡
This was achieved by combining several platforms, including n8n, Perplexity and OpenAI.
My understanding is that an AI agent is essentially a workflow that brings different tools together to complete a task and create an output — without you having to manually do every step yourself.
What I’m still figuring out 🤔
I'm still not sure what I would personally use an AI agent for.
The other thing that got me thinking was the cost.
Depending on how you set it up, there can be multiple subscriptions involved.
Learning and using new technology can quickly become a rolling monthly expense.
Long gone are the days of buying a textbook once and that's it! 📚
So I suppose the question is: would the convenience and time saved be worth the ongoing cost?
And lastly...
Why are more and more learning videos in 2x speed?!
It's hard enough trying to digest new information at normal speed 🙃
Maybe it's just me, but 2x speed definitely tires my brain out and makes learning feel slightly less relaxing - thoughts on this?