It is hard to put a pin on this one because there are so many thing wrong with this definition. There are agent frameworks that are not rebranded workflow tools too. I don't think this article helps explain anything except putting the intended audience in the same box of mind we were stuck since the invention of programming - i.e. it does not help.
Forget about boxes and deterministic control and start thinking of error tolerance and recovery. That is what agents are all about.
Forget about boxes and deterministic control and start thinking of error tolerance and recovery. That is what agents are all about.