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Most “agents” are just starter prompts + a small set of tools that they can use to respond to things, like access to a database. They’re workflow automation

• viraptor 2y ago
  By that definition, humans doing tasks are workflow automation.
  • jncfhnb 2y ago
    Humans are autonomous and not task specific
    • viraptor 2y ago
      Most people in large work environments are very task specific and deviation from playbook is punished.
      • jncfhnb 2y ago
        That’s great. They’re still capable of doing other things
        • viraptor 2y ago
          Sure, they're capable. They can be assigned to a new task after getting instructions and tools for that task ; )
• varelaseb 2y ago
  What else do you want them to be?
  • jncfhnb 2y ago
    I’d like it if we could trust agents to have agency but in practice they dont
• dimitri-vs 2y ago
  IMO: Workflows = automations that use LLMs (or a sequence of LLM calls) at some point. Eg. "Classify this input and respond with JSON" Is Siri or Google Assistant an "agent"? I would say no it's basically an LLM with function calling. Eg. "What's the weather -> uses predefined weather api" Agents would need to be able to self integrate, which is impossible without giving them full computer use or admin permissions - which creates massive security risks nobody seems to be talking about.