Why enterprise decision-making is entering the age of autonomous AI

Agentic AI enables enterprises to move AI from passive recommendations to accountable, goal-driven action

- By Musharrat Shahin | [e-mail]

As we stand at the threshold of a new era, the conversation in the tech world is shifting from mere automation to true autonomy.

At the recent HP Executive Summit, senior technology leaders gathered to unravel how Agentic AI, artificial intelligence that can reason and act, is fundamentally reshaping the enterprise landscape.

The Goal-Seek Paradigm: Reasoning Beyond the Script

Aashish Kshetry, Vice President of Supply Chain at Asian Paints, views the evolution of agentic AI as a move beyond traditional chatbots toward a "goal-seek paradigm". In this future, agents do not just follow a script; they can reason and act on a user's behalf. Perhaps most significantly, these agents will be able to interface with one another, working in concert to deliver complex results. To ensure this power remains a force for good, Kshetri emphasises the need for organizational guardrails that anchor AI in domain-specific knowledge, preventing the "hallucinations" often found in broad, internet-trained models.