Free Lesson
From Humans to AI Agents: The History of Search
Part of Global AI Builder Series: by The Gen Academy
60 min
Sep 11, 2026 12:30 PM
What you'll learn
How Search Evolved Into AI
Trace the shift from directories and keywords to semantic search, generative answers, and AI agents.
From Finding Answers to Taking Action
Understand how agents move beyond retrieving information to reasoning, deciding, and completing tasks.
What Changes When Agents Do the Searching?
Explore how search must evolve when AI agents, not humans, become the primary consumers of information.
Building for the Agentic Search Era
Learn what developers need to rethink as search becomes a core infrastructure layer for intelligent agents.
Why this topic matters
Search is becoming much more than a way to find information. As AI shifts from answering questions to taking action, search is becoming a critical layer for grounding, reasoning, and decision-making. Understanding this evolution helps builders see how agents will access the web, discover information, and interact with the world.
