When Your Home Starts Making Its Own Energy Decisions

InnovationAIWhen Your Home Starts Making Its Own Energy DecisionsByMichael Ashley,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The author of many tech books, Michael Ashley covers AI and Big Data.Follow AuthorJun 02, 2026, 08:30am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Agentic AI can act autonomously, determining how to deploy energy optimally and cut expenditure. On its ownDeposit Photos“KITT, I need you.”If you are of a certain age, you can guess what happens onscreen next: an autonomous black Trans Am roars out of its parking space, swings around the corner and presents itself to its owner with the door already open, ready to roll. That man was Michael Knight, played by David Hasselhoff, the hero at the heart of the classic 1980s show Knight Rider. The thrill from watching this series is a technological breakthrough brought to life in the 2020s: the ability to tell a machine what you want in plain English and have it execute it.The progression happened with cars so incrementally we can be excused for not recognizing it, except in hindsight. First, we had cruise control that could lock in a speed and maintain it on its own. Later, came lane-keeping technology that picked up the reins while our hands hovered nearby. Nowadays, we have cars we can tell where to go, and they will take us there. Knight Rider is for real.Now what if the energy supplying your home or office could be similarly instructed, spoken to and told what to do? What if it could even act on its own in your best interest? That's the promise of Agentic AI, according to Jason Schneider, the founder and CEO of Shure Marketing OS, a full-service marketing agency, who explained it to me directly. “You can think of it as software that doesn’t just advise you but actually takes action for you.”Sigenergy, an energy company based out of Shanghai, sees such capabilities as the future of...