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397. Agentic AI: Promise, Pitfalls, and Pragmatism

397. Agentic AI: Promise, Pitfalls, and Pragmatism

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In this episode, Brad Hairston speaks with Tom Davenport, a renowned author, professor, and one of the leading voices in AI and analytics, who provides a good reality check on how and where agentic AI is beginning to emerge.

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Here’s what we talked with Tom about:

- The perspective Tom contributed to the book Agentic Artificial Intelligence by Pascal Bornet, published in March of 2025

- What’s most exciting and most concerning about agentic AI

- The pace of agentic AI adoption

- The way most companies are easing into agentic AI

- Overall readiness to give machines decision-making authority

- How early-stage agentic experiments or proof of concepts are falling short

- The value of showing real proof points

- How higher ed students view the agentic trend

- The opportunity to reinvent education with AI

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