3F Communications
AI Jargon Decoder
Pick a term. You get three layers: what it actually means, what it means in the meeting, and the one question worth asking back.
Pick a term
Agentic
What it actually means
A system where the model decides which tools to call, and in what order, to complete a multi-step task — rather than answering one prompt at a time. Real deployments still need human-set boundaries, fallbacks, and stopping conditions.
What it means in the meeting
We bought something that can click a few buttons by itself.
What to ask back
What's the first decision it makes on its own? Name a specific one.
Usually heard: Three days after the board asked whether we have an agentic strategy.
The literal definitions aim to be accurate. The only column joking on this page is the meeting-room one.