How native speakers pronounce “agent”

best invention of life it's life's change agent it clears out the old to make way for the new right now the new

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

So I was looking at the typing indicator, and then the agent responded. And I very vividly remember this situation

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

how did you do that? And the agent replied, I'm not kidding you, "The mad lad figured it out on its own."

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

And nobody really got it. It's like, it's almost like you have to experience an agent. It's kind of hard to explain.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

And then I did something stupid. And remember, this agent, by default, can do anything that you can do on your computer.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

So while I was walking to the bedroom, the agent happily booted up again and talked to everyone in the world. The next morning I woke up --

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

I read every single message just to see if the agent leaked my private life. (Laughter)

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

sent it one prompt, and the agent did the whole 90-minute brew: temperature ramps, hop additions, everything.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

And then they were like, what are we doing with all this beer? And the agent was, "Let's make a website." So they built a website, and then they added payments,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

You know, by default, the agent would only wake up when you send it a prompt. With the heartbeat,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

With the heartbeat, the agent would just wake up periodically, check your emails,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

and other people could raise their imagination. Imagine putting an agent into a meeting. Not for notes, we figured that out.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

A decision is made, the agent can send a follow-up before the meeting even ends.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

In the future, we're not just going to have one agent. You might have your work agent,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

we're not just going to have one agent. You might have your work agent, your personal Claw, maybe one for health,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

novelty, curiosity, mystery. But the central agent is really that piece called the imagination. But more importantly, for me to begin to understand

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

is the computers running all business processes, right? So you have an agent to do this, an agent to do this, And you concatenate them together,

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

So let's think about agents. So for purposes of argument, everyone in the audience is an agent. You have an input that's English or whatever language.

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

The Scientist AI could be used as a guardrail against the bad actions of an untrusted AI agent. And it works because in order to make predictions

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

that an action could be dangerous, you don't need to be an agent. You just need to make good, trustworthy predictions.

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

It doesn't have to be an individual choice. A single person could let that agent out there, and the agent could decide, "Well, in order to execute on that function,

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my responsibility to be that change agent in this space. So, changing our eating habits isn't

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and my personal liability insurance. And I got an agent on the phone. "Hello? You've reached an agent."

My Year Living with a Robot | Emily Kate Genatowski | TED · TED

And I got an agent on the phone. "Hello? You've reached an agent." "Hi, it's Emily.

My Year Living with a Robot | Emily Kate Genatowski | TED · TED

So when I do something like pick up a cup, I have this implicit feeling that I am the agent of that action, that I have willed that action into existence.

Where Does Your Sense of Self Come From? A Scientific Look | Anil Ananthaswamy | TED · TED

But someone with schizophrenia may not have that feeling, always. might do something and not feel like they are the agent of that action. So schizophrenia tells us

Where Does Your Sense of Self Come From? A Scientific Look | Anil Ananthaswamy | TED · TED

and I know everything that you've learned about me so far screams insurance agent. Predictably, I hated that job.

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