OPINION — The agentic artificial intelligence boom of 2026 is selling a dream: digital coworkers that don’t just talk, but do.
As data centers rise across the Valley, we are told these agents will soon manage our portfolios and our lives. But as this trillion-dollar infrastructure phase reaches a fever pitch, we must distinguish between calculation and consciousness.
To understand the limit of agentic AI, we must look past the processing power to find the “nitty-gritty” of human wisdom. Here’s why AI will never equal a savvy human being:
