Databricks' EMEA CTO discusses the remaining barriers to enterprise adoption of agentic AI and how they are being addressed.
Earlier this year, the lack of visibility of AI agents outside of big tech demos was notable, despite the significant attention they receive.
Dael Williamson, EMEA CTO at Databricks, defines an AI agent as:
An AI system that has autonomy over, or agency over, a task.
Williamson notes that real-world examples of agents in production are still scarce, and acknowledges the probabilistic nature of these systems.
Author's summary: Databricks' EMEA CTO discusses agentic AI adoption barriers.