Agentic AI - Part 1: foundations

Agentic AI: a tech lead's glossary Study notes from coursers like Pluralsight on agentic AI and other references, organized as a glossary I wish I'd had on day one. Every dev I know is using AI tools, and most of us are fuzzy on the words behind them. Where does a transformer fit in? What does MCP actually solve? Is "agentic AI" a real thing or just rebranded chatbots? This is my map of the territory: machine learning at the bottom, agents and MCP at the top,