From Human-Friendly to Agent-Friendly: Databases' Next Paradigm Shift

According to Gartner's 2025 forecast, by 2028, over 60% of enterprise data queries will be initiated directly by AI Agents rather than through traditional BI tools or manual SQL writing. Yang Chuanhui's proposal at WAIC about databases shifting from "human-friendly to Agent-friendly" points exactly to this trend. But here's the issue: current database query optimizers, index structures, and transaction models are all designed around "human cognition." Humans consider readability when writing SQL, deliberately avoid redundancy, and follow naming conventions based on schema agreements. Agents don't have these constraints.