Summary of "Готовься разрабатывать AI-агентов, скоро они будут везде — Артур Самигуллин — Мы обречены"

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Main Technological Concepts and Product Features

  1. Rise of AI Agents and Assistants
    • AI agents and assistants are becoming ubiquitous, especially in cloud development environments like Yandex Cloud.
    • Modern applications without AI agents or assistants are unlikely to be adopted widely.
    • AI agents can perform complex multi-step tasks autonomously, unlike traditional assistants that only guide users.
  2. Role of Developers and Business in AI Implementation
    • AI adoption in companies is often driven top-down by business goals rather than grassroots developer initiatives.
    • Developers build on platforms and tools but need clear business scenarios and user cases to unify communities.
    • There is a tension between hype-driven AI adoption and practical, quality-focused implementation.
  3. Prompt Engineering and Its Evolution
    • Prompt engineering emerged as a popular role but is evolving into a more technical, model-quality improvement process akin to machine learning engineering.
    • Techniques like discrete prompt optimization (automatic search for best prompt templates) are gaining traction.
    • The profession of prompt engineer may merge into broader AI engineering roles as tooling matures.
  4. Databases and Backend Technologies
    • PostgreSQL remains the dominant database due to its stability, versatility (supports relational and JSONB non-relational data), and maturity.
    • Database technologies are conservative compared to frontend frameworks; switching databases is rare due to complexity and risk.
    • ORM usage varies; some companies prefer direct queries for clarity and performance, while ORMs abstract database specifics.
    • Backend developers tend to prefer stability and reliability over chasing new database technologies.
  5. MCP Protocol (LLM-first Protocol)
    • MCP (Multi-Channel Protocol) is an emerging standard for enabling language models to interact with external applications and tools via function calls.
    • It acts like a USB for applications, allowing language models to communicate with various services (e.g., Jira, CRM, Telegram) through standardized MCP servers.
    • MCP adoption is growing rapidly as it facilitates integration and reuse of AI capabilities across different domains.
    • Security and authentication mechanisms are currently lacking in MCP, but these are expected to be developed and standardized.
  6. Agents vs Assistants
    • Assistants respond to user queries but do not perform autonomous actions.
    • Agents can execute multi-step tasks, interact with multiple services, and manage goals over time (e.g., travel planning, code writing, file management).
    • Agents enable a new paradigm of user interaction, moving away from rigid UI workflows to goal-oriented dialogue and action cycles.
  7. Use Cases and Industry Adoption
    • Travel planning is highlighted as a complex use case ideal for AI agents, involving multi-step research, booking, and budget management.
    • Customer support and internal knowledge base search are already advanced AI use cases, especially in Russia’s tech sector.
    • Legal domain assistants (e.g., Harvey) show promising AI applications with significant funding and adoption.
    • AI agents are also used for social media automation (e.g., Butterfly AI creating AI personas on Instagram).
  8. Challenges in Quality and Adoption
    • AI agents currently face quality issues; they often perform worse than humans but still find market niches due to cost advantages.
    • Quality assessment and continuous evaluation of AI models and agents are critical but underdeveloped skills in product management.
    • Domain-specific knowledge and data are essential to improve AI agent performance and reliability (e.g., travel domain visa rules).
    • The gap between prototype and production-ready AI agents is significant; industrial-grade solutions require overcoming many engineering challenges.
  9. Future Outlook and Infrastructure
    • Yandex Cloud is developing AI Studio, a platform for B2B AI applications, focusing on infrastructure, tooling, orchestration, and runtime optimization.
    • There is a strong industry push to reduce costs of running large language models (LLMs) to enable broader adoption.
    • The market is moving towards agent-based AI systems integrated via protocols like MCP, promising massive changes in how users interact with software and services.
    • AI will increasingly augment office work, automating routine tasks, communication, and data handling.
  10. Human and Organizational Impact
    • AI agents will transform workplace roles; each employee may manage their own or team agents.
    • There is skepticism about fully replacing human managers due to risk and responsibility issues.
    • The industry is at an early stage with many unknowns; no established best practices exist yet for agent development or deployment.
    • Quality, responsibility, and domain expertise remain key factors for successful AI integration.

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