Forget Chatbots, The Future is Autonomous Agents

Sci-fi has been predicting autonomous systems for decades. One example is Tony Stark's J.A.R.V.I.S. from the Avengers: Tony Stark: "J.A.R.V.I.S., are you up?" Tony: "I'd like to open a new project file, index as: Mark II." J: "Shall I store this on the Stark Industries' central database?" Tony: "I don't know who to trust right now. 'Til further notice, why don't we just keep everything on my private server." J: "Working on a secret project, are we, sir?" Tony: "I don't want this winding up in the wrong hands. Maybe in mine, it could actually do some good."