Technology has already diagnosed the problem. The issue is insisting on governing with structures that cannot function.
THE AGENTIC REVOLUTION
THE IGNORANCE OF DEBATING OLD INEPTITUDES
By Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano
We have been witnessing, almost impiously, for several decades, the repeated condemnation of the political system as inept, useless, inconsistent, diffuse, and even corrupt.
Without realizing that technology has long provided us with tools to diagnose the real problem:
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM TO BE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WHEN IT IS DIVIDED INTO PARCELS OF POWER THAT RENDER IT ANOMIC.
No one will produce satisfactory results using the same tools, no matter how much we continue to play this perverse game of alternation between right, left, and center.
Thanks to technology, there are now public interaction systems for control and evaluation that surpass in quality of results any political action aimed at solving long-standing and increasingly complex social problems.
The Agentic Revolution is the term that defines the current transition from Artificial Intelligence that merely answers questions (like traditional chatbots) to one that executes actions autonomously.
If generative AI was the first step, agentic AI represents the leap toward systems capable of reasoning, planning, and completing complex tasks without constant human supervision.
Let us examine the pillars of this concept, especially relevant from the perspective of efficiency and governance:
What is an AI Agent?
Unlike a language model that “writes about a task,” an agent “performs the task.” It has the ability to:
Autonomy: Makes decisions based on predefined objectives.
Use of Tools: It can access databases, sign digital documents, execute payments, or coordinate with other agents.
Planning: Breaks down a complex problem (e.g., “organizing an export”) into logical steps and executes them sequentially.
Impact on Policies, Bureaucracy, and the State
This revolution is the missing piece for what is known as Digital Governance or the “State as a Platform”:
Reduction of Intermediaries: Agents can manage administrative procedures, identity validations, and digital signatures instantly, eliminating paperwork and discretionary decision-making by officials.
Transparency: By operating through protocols (such as Blockchain), every action of the agent is recorded, reducing margins for corruption in public works or resource management.
Individual Sovereignty: It enables citizens to have their own “personal agents” to interact with the State, balancing asymmetries of power and time.
Ethical Challenges and “Technological Humanism”
Despite its efficiency, the Agentic Revolution raises profound questions:
Legal Responsibility: Who is responsible if an autonomous agent commits a legal or financial error?
Cognitive Atrophy: There is a risk that, by delegating decision-making to agents, human beings may lose the critical capacity and judgment that the Liberal Arts have always considered essential.
The Labor Market: It affects not only repetitive tasks but also analytical professions (such as Law or Economics), forcing a redefinition of what “human value” means in work.
The Relationship with Capital and Freedom
From a classical liberal perspective, this revolution can be seen as the greatest reducer of transaction costs in history.
By automating trust and execution, capital can flow with fewer state frictions, bringing us closer to a more dynamic society less dependent on heavy and obsolete institutional structures.
But let us examine how the Agentic Revolution operates in the execution of plans for eradicating child poverty, controlling drug trafficking, prisons, public security, and job creation.
Structural failure
Technological substitution
Post-political governance
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