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0 pointscroes23d ago0 comments

The point is the agent is still the LLM. No LLM, no agent.

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LLMs are not agents. LLMs are language models that simply respond to a text prompt with a textual response. Agents are middleware that take input from the user and then use LLMs to drive tools.

croesOP23d ago

They are just a to-do list. The real work is done by the LLMs

otterley23d ago

An LLM has no motive power, like a script without an a cast, or a program without a computer to execute it.

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otterley23d ago

LLMs are not agents. LLMs are language models that simply respond to a text prompt with a textual response. Agents are middleware that take input from the user and then use LLMs to drive tools.

croesOP23d ago

They are just a to-do list. The real work is done by the LLMs

otterley23d ago

An LLM has no motive power, like a script without an a cast, or a program without a computer to execute it.

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