Autonomous AI is the broad concept. AI agents are the practical version educators use — autonomous within boundaries you set.
An AI assistant helps you do things when prompted. An AI agent does things for you autonomously. The assistant supports. The agent executes.
An AI agent reads information, makes decisions, uses tools, and completes multi-step tasks on its own after you give it a goal.
A large language model is the brain that understands text. An AI agent is the brain plus hands that can take actions and use tools.
Claude works as a chatbot in conversation and as an AI agent when connected to tools and workflows. Same technology, different modes.
A chatbot answers when asked. An AI agent plans steps, uses tools, and completes work autonomously. Chatbots converse. Agents execute.
An AI agent is software you give a job to, and it figures out the steps on its own. You say what. It handles how.
An AI agent takes a goal you give it and completes multiple steps autonomously, making decisions along the way without prompting each action.
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