Abstraction Gaps

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Agentic AI Is a New Computational Paradigm, Not a Smarter Chatbot: Where It Breaks Computer Science's Old Abstractions

Agentic AI introduces a new computational paradigm, characterized by autonomy and goal-directedness, which exposes fundamental "abstraction gaps" in traditional computer science models. This shift necessitates new organizing abstractions, programming models, and verification techniques beyond current reactive AI systems.

Lena Petrova·October 23, 2026