Agents, Edge, and Superagency: The Complete AI History from Turing to Nano Banana 2 and Perplexity Computer
In just a few short years, AI has leapt from clever autocomplete to something closer to an always-on collaborator—one that can reason across million-token contexts, navigate complex software on our behalf, and even act autonomously in the background. The pace is staggering: frontier models now rival human experts in coding, long-horizon planning, and multimodal understanding, while billion‑dollar “agentic” labs and ecosystems are racing to turn these capabilities into superhuman digital teammates for individuals and enterprises alike. For example, Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.6, which in many benchmarks performs at near-parity with its most powerful model, Opus 4.6, while costing roughly one-fifth as much—dramatically lowering the barrier to deploying state-of-the-art reasoning systems at scale. The progress of technology has been breathtaking, to say the least. In early 2026, two notable developments further underscored the velocity of progress. Google introduced Nano Bana...