From Automation to Autonomy with Ismail Amla vid

AI is moving beyond automation and into autonomy and that shift could fundamentally change how businesses operate, how decisions are made and how people work. In this episode of The Entropy Podcast, Francis Gorman sits down with Ismail Amla to explore the rise of agentic AI, digital workers and AI-native organisations. They discuss why the biggest opportunity is not simply using AI to make existing processes faster, but redesigning businesses around what intelligent systems can now do. They also examine the harder questions: what happens when AI agents begin making decisions independently, who is accountable when those decisions go wrong, how organisations can avoid agentic drift, and whether relying too heavily on AI risks weakening human judgement and curiosity. Key takeaways: Why AI is shifting from automation to autonomy How AI agents could become part of the workforce Why most AI transformation efforts fall short What leaders need to rethink, and why governance and human judgement matter more as systems become increasingly autonomous. Soundbites: “I think it is a revolution. I don’t think it’s just another tool.” “Whoever this technology is working on behalf of is responsible for every decision that’s made.”