Pull-based AI waits for you to ask. Push-based AI acts before you even think to

1 builderOP 1 8/8/2025, 11:42:45 AM

Most AI tools today are pull-based - you type a prompt, they respond. But AI can (and should) be push-based -- delivering insights, alerts, or actions exactly when they matter, no prompt required.

Examples:

A trading bot that warns you before a token tanks.

A personal health AI that flags your sleep pattern before it wrecks your day.

A workflow agent that spots production issues before they hit users.

I’m exploring category-agnostic, push-based AI agent architectures - proactive, context-aware, always running in the background.

Anyone here building or thinking about this? Let’s compare notes.

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atilla_bilgic · 1h ago

You are defining use cases suitable for Autonomous Agentic AI implementations. But I would like to ask you a question for a challenge.

Will you be able to feel comfortable giving this level of autonomy to a technology that has a nearly 40% hallucination rate, as reported by experts?

To be honest, I will not.

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