Supposedly, the word of the year in technology is "agentic." By the end of the year it'll probably be "bubble," but for now the world is meant to tremble before the awesome promise of agentic. It takes AI to a whole new level! It heralds the new human-free workforce! It keeps Woody Harrelson out of the rain! As the shiny object economy grows complacent with magic interactive chatbots, the agentic AI era to transform those humdrum chatbots into something... else.