AI Agents: Why the Hype Feels Wrong to an Old Programmer
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AI Agents: Why the Hype Feels Wrong to an Old Programmer
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#2I wanted to dig into the hype around agents and figure out both the use-cases and quirks, so I wrote this little 'review'.
I think, like most of the 'AI' sphere right now, they're overhyped but I think it's good to get a feel firsthand of when they're useful and when they're not.
Re: AI Agents: Why the Hype Feels Wrong to an Old Programmer
#3If you've only tried local models with self build tooling like your article suggest, you should try what everyone else is doing to get a real overview of the space and come to conclusions not based on a toy model.
Re: AI Agents: Why the Hype Feels Wrong to an Old Programmer
#4If you've only tried local models with self build tooling like your article suggest, you should try what everyone else is doing to get a real overview of the space and come to conclusions not based on a toy model.
Thanks, the goal wasn't to get a full overview of the commercial space but really to understand more of the fundamentals of building, the limits and use-cases of agents in general.
Specifically I see a huge push to "build agents" and to "use agents" as building blocks for more complex interactions. I wanted to get a feel for why and my conclusions are more around that and not "what's possible"