Classical Industrial AI versus Agentic AI

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐲: 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈

⇨ A single model, trained on last year’s data

⇨ Hard-coded thresholds that ignore real-world variability

⇨ Alerts that say something’s wrong, but never tell you why

⇨ Hours of manual digging just to understand what happened

⇨ Retrain months later … repeat the cycle

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐖𝐚𝐲: 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐈

⇨ Monitoring Agents: Automatically adjust baselines as conditions evolve.

⇨ Domain-SME Agents: Ingest SOPs, manuals, and tribal knowledge to add real-world context.

⇨ Correlation & Optimization Agents: Find root causes in real time by analyzing thousands of variables.

⇨ Orchestrator Agent: Combines insight, recommended set-points, and confidence into one actionable message.

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