Anthropic Engineer Explains: What to Build Instead of AI Agents

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My playbook for growing a $1M AI agency: https://app.aiautomationsociety.ai/opaa-ads-optin My FREE resources: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society/about?el=what_to_build_instead_of_ai_agents&hcategory=youtube-videos&utm_campaign=free-group My Tools💻 FREE MONTH voice to text: https://get.glaido.com/nate Code NATEHERK for 10% off VPS (annual plan): https://www.hostinger.com/vps/claude-code-hosting The creators of agent skills stopped building a separate bot for every single job. In my own AI operating system, I use reusable skills that plug into the same workflow every run. That's why this Anthropic engineer explains what to build instead of AI agents to save you months of wasted time. So what are they actually building? Watch and see. Sponsorship Inquiries: 📧 nate@smoothmedia.co Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nateherkelman/ https://x.com/nateherk https://www.instagram.com/nateherk/ Timestamps: 00:00 - They stopped building 00:23 - Why your phone? 01:26 - Stop repeating this 03:03 - Claude's guessing game 04:56 - You lost it 06:14 - Model proof? 06:43 - 70% problem 09:01 - What now?

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