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Yes, and that’s what a coding agent is too. Technically an agent is not (just) an LLM, but the two have become synonymous is discussions.

• woadwarrior01 1y ago
  > that’s what a coding agent is too. Not quite.
  • adastra22 1y ago
    An AI agent mutates state (the repository) in order to get some metric (e.g. test suites) closer to passing. Same thing, really.
    • woadwarrior01 1y ago
      An AI agent isn't an evolutionary optimization loop.
      • adastra22 1y ago
        It is when you’re using it right. The most effective way to use an AI agent is to give it a metric for success (ideally tests, but even a description of success), a state upon which it can effect changes (the repo) and it moves the state towards success by executing tool calls and evaluating the success criteria at each step.