The real security difference between an AI agent and traditional automation is not "smart vs dumb". It is where control over execution lives : in code your team wrote, or in a model-driven decision loop. A SOAR playbook runs a path someone designed.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/dharani2d/ai-agents-vs-traditional-automation-whats-actually-different-for-security-3n1l)