This is a long article with the challenging idea that an 'agentic professor' is something that can and maybe should exist. What I like is that the authors offer a test of the concept in the middle of the article; you can copy their prompt into an AI of your choice and see what it does. "What distinguishes the Agentic Professor envisioned here from such present-day interactions is not any single function but the combination of capabilities sustained over time: agency, longitudinal memory, pedagogical plurality, cross-disciplinary synthesis, and continuous refinement. Its significance lies not simply in providing individualized support but in creating continuity across a student's educational experience, connecting ideas, skills, and feedback across courses, disciplines, and years of study." I don't think they're wrong in the sense that something like the agentic professor is probably achievable. But I wonder if an agentic professor is what learners and people generally are actually looking for.
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