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The Agentic Loop: Three loops in a trench coat

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Re: The Agentic Loop: Three loops in a trench coat

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Post by NitpickLawyer »

btables wrote: post #3
philipwhiuk wrote: post #2

Aren't the loops the wrong way round in the diagram. The tightest loop is the inference loop, then the tool loop and then human loop?

I think of them from the outside in, so that's why I illustrated it that way.

Fascinating. I think it's the first time I've heard it put that way.

For me it's more intuitive the other way around, as the "outer" loops increase in complexity (and can have additional separate loops running inside them). It also makes sense because you can always add more (meta) loops that way.

Re: The Agentic Loop: Three loops in a trench coat

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Post by monocasa »

ratelimitsteve wrote: post #12
btables wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally. Earth's rotation is a loop too. We should count that.

rotation and orbit, and technically the eccentricity in the axis as well

There's also at least the galactic orbit. There might be a very large scale orbit as well around the Great Attractor, but the jury's still bery much out on that one.

Re: The Agentic Loop: Three loops in a trench coat

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Post by saghm »

DonHopkins wrote: post #5
philipwhiuk wrote: post #2

Aren't the loops the wrong way round in the diagram. The tightest loop is the inference loop, then the tool loop and then human loop?

You are absolutely correct. It's an i18n/l10n issue. They spin in the opposite direction in the other hemisphere.

Oh no, what happens when I flush my agents from one hemisphere down the toilet in the other then?

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Post by BeetleB »

DonHopkins wrote: post #5
philipwhiuk wrote: post #2

Aren't the loops the wrong way round in the diagram. The tightest loop is the inference loop, then the tool loop and then human loop?

You are absolutely correct. It's an i18n/l10n issue. They spin in the opposite direction in the other hemisphere.

Not true. This is a common LLM hallucination.

See https://www.britannica.com/story/do-toilets-in-different-hem...

Re: The Agentic Loop: Three loops in a trench coat

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Post by lioeters »

monocasa wrote: post #14
ratelimitsteve wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

rotation and orbit, and technically the eccentricity in the axis as well

There's also at least the galactic orbit. There might be a very large scale orbit as well around the Great Attractor, but the jury's still bery much out on that one.

Kinda getting dizzy thinking about all the loops we're embedded in. Where is the still point in these turning wheels of the world.

Re: The Agentic Loop: Three loops in a trench coat

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Post by gexla »

cheschire wrote: post #19

Anyone have suggestions on implementing loops with a basic $20/mo subscription to claude or gemini? Any blog posts recommended?

The article is describing how every harness functions. If you're already using Codex, Claude Code, or Antigravity then you're already doing this. And you get a lot of usage. I generally don't hit my limits with GPT if I stick to reviews of code that cheaper models create. Google gives you a low number of free requests. OpenCode has a generous free tier for open source models (and a plan that is $5 / month for the first month.)
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