Most voters don’t know what agents are. Many of my coworkers in tech can’t even define “agent” correctly.
So no, the world is likely not suddenly agreeing with you about “jagged performance.”
That's my attempt at a universal definition for technical and non-technical users. How does it compare?
But the elements that I think are necessary are 1) goal-oriented processing, 2) ability to use tools, 3) ability to iterate and self-correct. Along with that typically comes 4) self-talk or other hidden context during execution and 5) support for defined personas beyond system or user prompts.
That’s off the top of my head, probably not complete/correct, and definitely meant to be more technical than a non-tech person would need.
There is growing public sentiment about AI & Tech, but per exit polls that wasn't a Top 3 reason swing voters went blue (Economy, Wars, Corruption). Today's market correction is being driven by the majority in both houses of congress flipping blue. Trump and most Republican legislators were seen as broadly supporting AI / Tech and most Democrats are seen as being less supportive.
AI / Tech-friendly legislation is now likely to face a slower, more difficult path through committee and passage. IMHO, the actual impact of the political change is nowhere near 5% of company value, but outsized swings tend to happen on any adverse news when the market is already fearful they've bought into a high-priced bubble far in advance of actual earnings.
I'm actually fairly bullish on AI in the long-term. The problem is valuations have been hyper-inflated by too much speculative capital way too fast. I think today it's a bit like the Internet Bubble in 1999. The Dot Com crash needed to happen to reset valuations. But after that painful correction, by 2006 Internet-centric valuations were climbing again, except this time they were supported by actual earnings. I'm hoping AI can avoid a crash and this is the start of a more gradual correction.