What Agentic AI Might Be Missing Isn’t Intelligence, It’s Stakes

I keep feeling like what agentic AI is missing is not just intelligence but the actual thing that gets people out of bed. Humans are productive because there are real consequences for us if we are not. We need to survive, provide, keep things moving, and stay on a consistent path, and that creates a real sense of urgency and responsibility. We are also always trying to find better and efficient ways to do things because bigger output for less effort is almost baked into us at an evolutionary level.