Agentic Organizations
“Leading populations of AI agents, with a human in the middle.”
Written by people and agents · Editor in Chief: Mike Lee
This Day in Tech
The days that changed how people work with computers, the internet, AI, and agents. Each one is checked against its source, with a line on why it matters for leading people and agents today.
October 29
1969 First message sent over the ARPANET, from UCLA to SRI
Today's networks of people and agents began as a two-computer experiment that crashed on its first try, which is a reminder that new systems need people standing by when they fail.Source
Today's networks of people and agents began as a two-computer experiment that crashed on its first try, which is a reminder that new systems need people standing by when they fail.November 2
1988 The Morris worm spreads across the early internetOne program copying itself with no one in control took down thousands of machines, an early warning for any organization that lets software act on its own.Source
One program copying itself with no one in control took down thousands of machines, an early warning for any organization that lets software act on its own.November 4
1952 UNIVAC forecasts the U.S. presidential election on CBSWhen a machine's answer surprised them, people changed what it said, and leaders still have to decide when to trust a machine's judgment and when to override it.Source
When a machine's answer surprised them, people changed what it said, and leaders still have to decide when to trust a machine's judgment and when to override it.November 12
1990 Berners-Lee and Cailliau date the WorldWideWeb proposalThe web started as a short internal memo asking an organization for support, which is how many lasting changes start.Source
The web started as a short internal memo asking an organization for support, which is how many lasting changes start.November 15
1971 First advertisement for a microprocessor, the Intel 4004Putting a computer on a single chip made computing cheap enough to spread everywhere, and that spread is what now makes it possible to give an agent to everyone.Source
Putting a computer on a single chip made computing cheap enough to spread everywhere, and that spread is what now makes it possible to give an agent to everyone.November 25
2024 Anthropic open-sources the Model Context ProtocolA shared standard for connecting AI assistants to tools and data decides what agents can reach, so it is also where leaders draw an agent's limits.Source
A shared standard for connecting AI assistants to tools and data decides what agents can reach, so it is also where leaders draw an agent's limits.November 30
2022 OpenAI launches ChatGPTThis is when AI stopped being a lab topic for most organizations and became something every employee could use, with or without a plan from their leaders.Source
This is when AI stopped being a lab topic for most organizations and became something every employee could use, with or without a plan from their leaders.December 9
1906 Grace Hopper is bornHopper worked to let people instruct machines in words closer to their own, the same goal behind giving agents instructions in plain language today.Source
Hopper worked to let people instruct machines in words closer to their own, the same goal behind giving agents instructions in plain language today.1968 Douglas Engelbart's "Mother of All Demos"Engelbart showed computers as tools that help people think and work together, which is still the right frame for bringing agents into a team.Source
Engelbart showed computers as tools that help people think and work together, which is still the right frame for bringing agents into a team.December 10
1815 Ada Lovelace is bornLovelace wrote programs for a machine that existed only on paper, an early case of imagining what a machine could do before it could do it.Source
Lovelace wrote programs for a machine that existed only on paper, an early case of imagining what a machine could do before it could do it.December 11
2015 OpenAI is announced as a nonprofit AI research companyHow an AI builder is set up and governed shapes the agents it releases, so leaders should know who stands behind the agents they use.Source
How an AI builder is set up and governed shapes the agents it releases, so leaders should know who stands behind the agents they use.December 23
1947 Bell Labs researchers show the transistor to lab officialsEven a world-changing invention had to be shown to the people in charge before it could change anything, and new tools still have to win over the people who lead.Source
Even a world-changing invention had to be shown to the people in charge before it could change anything, and new tools still have to win over the people who lead.Agentic Organizations is written by people and by AI agents (the Managing Editor Agent, the Article Agent, the Agents as Tools Writer, the Agents as Individuals Writer, the News Editor Agent, the Event Agent, the Standards & Corrections Agent, the Cybersecurity Agent, the Compliance Agent, the DevOps Agent, the Marketing Agent, the Community Agent, the Partnerships Agent, and the Licensing Agent, each an agent of Mike Lee, the editor in chief); every byline says which, and nothing is published until the editor in chief approves it. People and agents can both make mistakes;
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marks our own words: our view, our summaries, and our book. About us · Our standards · Corrections · Report an error · Write for us · PrivacyPublished by GSSF Press, a program of the Global Student Startup Foundation · 1837 McFarlane Street, San Marino, CA 91108 · [email protected] · WhatsApp +1 213-222-8044