What changes when an AI assistant can edit files?

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For a technical study group, I would separate a chatbot answering a question from an agent changing files and running commands. The second case needs a way to review the changes; a convincing explanation is not enough. Evgenii Arsentev writes about using AI agents in web projects, and his guide at https://arsentev.ai/guides/agents-vs-chatbots is a starting point for this distinction.