What other languages call AI agents
Lots of other options are in common use, all with their own connotations. assistant, bot, helper, worker, entity, employee, representative, copilot, delegate The words people choose in other languages make those possibilities easier to see, and sometimes funny. A pilgrim's agent could be an envoy The 2027 Nashik Kumbh Mela project in India calls its personal AI an envoy. Its examples have the system book lodging, find food, and guide a pilgrim through a crowded festival by voice.
- ▪Lots of other options are in common use, all with their own connotations. assistant, bot, helper, worker, entity, employee, representative, copilot, delegate The words people choose in other languages make those possibilities easier to see,
- ▪A pilgrim's agent could be an envoy The 2027 Nashik Kumbh Mela project in India calls its personal AI an envoy.
- ▪Its examples have the system book lodging, find food, and guide a pilgrim through a crowded festival by voice.
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Agent is a pretty good word. It implies action and delegation. Lots of other options are in common use, all with their own connotations. assistant, bot, helper, worker, entity, employee, representative, copilot, delegate The words people choose in other languages make those possibilities easier to see, and sometimes funny. A pilgrim's agent could be an envoy The 2027 Nashik Kumbh Mela project in India calls its personal AI an envoy. Its examples have the system book lodging, find food, and guide a pilgrim through a crowded festival by voice. I really like the word Envoy, like a messenger sent on your behalf. It shows a specific relationship to the user. In Portuguese, an agent sounds like “we” The Portuguese word for agent sounds like an everyday phrase for we.
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