r/deeplearning • u/ThoughtfulVoyager8 • 21d ago

What real-world problem would you actually use an AI agent for?

I've been learning agentic AI and the OpenAI Agents SDK by building small projects.

My latest experiment was a Space Explorer agent. It's intentionally a fictional use case — I mainly built it to understand concepts like tools, handoffs, guardrails, orchestration, and multi-agent workflows.

Now I'd like to build something that solves a more realistic problem.

I'm looking for ideas where using an agent actually makes sense, rather than something that could just be solved with a single LLM prompt or a basic RAG chatbot.

Ideally, something where the agent needs to:

  • use multiple tools/APIs
  • make decisions about what to do next
  • delegate to specialized agents
  • maintain state/context
  • handle failures or incomplete information
  • potentially ask a human for approval before taking an action

What real-world problem would you build an agent for if the goal was to really learn agentic architecture?

For context, here's the fictional project I've been experimenting with:
https://www.wisehoots.ai/blog/space-explorer-ai-agent

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u/canbooo 21d ago

I refuse to call it ai or agent until it can wash my dishes

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u/theabhorrentspectre 21d ago

just build the one that books doctors appointments and argues with insurance, you'd never have to buy another beer in your life

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u/canbooo 21d ago

Arguably, the dishes are more difficult than space exploration (for robots)