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		cjonas 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI2: Open Coding Agents My definition of agent has always been an LLM with "effectful" tools, run in a loop where the LLM gets to decide when the task is complete. In other words, an LLM with "agency".

d4rkp4ttern 19 days ago [–]

This is exactly how I think of it. An agent has three elements: intelligence (LLM), autonomy (loop) and tools to do anything interesting/useful.

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