Agents have been around for decades. Some of these patterns pre-exist the current LLM boom. 1996: https://web.archive.org/web/19961221024144/http://www.acm.org

Agents have been around for decades. Some of these patterns pre-exist the current LLM boom. 1996: https://web.archive.org/web/19961221024144/http://www.acm.org/cacm/AUG96/antimac.htm https://web.archive.org/web/19961221024144/http://www.acm.or... > Computer-based agents have gotten attention from computer scientists and human interface designers in recent years