Ray Meiring: Agents eliminate rigid declarative exception rules in workflow automation
Ray Meiring · 80% of the Workload Done Before a Human Touches It · Jul 21, 2026 · at 11:40
Host Sean Weisbrot and enterprise software founder Ray Meiring debate the difference between deterministic workflow automations and intelligent AI agents.
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“So like the old way of automating workflow type tools, it was very Specified declarative in the way that those steps were laid out, and if anything deviated from that, it had to have exception processing. Now with agents, you don't need to be as definitive. The agent can operate within its boundaries to come up with the best outcome there, but the process is still being automated to a large extent.”
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