BCUG GenMtg 260625 Sujit D'Mello

BCUG June 25, 2026 General Meeting: Sujit D’Mello presenting “From Chat to Action: Understanding AI Agents”. Sujit is a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer @ Microsoft works with the top S&P 500 companies, specifically in the Financial Services sector, helping them understand and adopt AI to gain an advantage in the business. (All content is his opinion and does not represent Microsoft.) The purpose of the presentation is to move our understanding of Artificial Intelligence beyond chatbots to include the concept of Agentic, agents and tools. Things by which AI actually gets things done. 00:02:21 Chat LLMs Today — What conversational AI does well 00:07:07 Why Chat Isn't Enough — The gap between talking and doing 00:21:35 What Are Agents? — Goals, planning, memory, autonomy 00:22:59 Tools: Language to Action — Giving AI hands to work with 00:51:49 Non-Coding Agents — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images 01:15:14 Coding Agents — Write, run, debug, improve code 01:35:05 Custom Agents — OpenClaw and building your own 01:49:10 Live Demos — See it all in action