Google Cloud just mapped the death of dumb chatbots—and the rise of AI teams that run your business.
Forget the chatbot era—Google’s ‘2026 AI Agent Trends Report’ declares it dead, ushering in semi-autonomous agents that collaborate like a dev team on steroids.[1]
Picture this: a security agent spots an alert, triages it, and kicks off an investigation without you lifting a finger. That’s agentic workflows in action, where multiple AIs handle end-to-end processes. For us developers, it means shifting from coding every routine to architecting AI fleets. Google predicts humans move to ‘strategic oversight,’ so dust off those orchestration skills—tools like CrewAI or AutoGen are about to explode.
My opinion? This is the real productivity boom we’ve been promised. No more ‘AI just schedules meetings’ jokes—it’s processing refunds, updating payroll, redesigning workforces. But the risk is real: become an ‘AI-forward generalist’ or get left behind. Companies will hire for agent managers, not script monkeys. Who’s ready to manage their first AI swarm?
Source: AI with Aish Substack