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Is "An agent with tools" the only valid LLM application?

Is "An agent with tools" the only valid LLM application?

3 pointsby gmarkwa2 comments

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  • Many of us use LLMs to generate code, tools and other artifacts without agents.
    by cheevly
  • Could you give me an example? Like a real example of an LLM based application with no chat? Now that I think of it something like Tavily comes to mind as an example.
    by gmarkwa
  • Agentic product is nice to have if im new to it, but for simple products I'm familiar with, having to put my thought into words is way more annoying than typing in a couple numbers in a UI. I always thought "agent with tools" is just a new version of UI which is a info delivery method.

    But on a second thought, most people in a company is essentially "agent with tools", so maybe it's already pretty amazing

    by mermadicsolutio
  • Yeah maybe I'm conflating an "agent with tools" with a chat feature. Just because I'm using an agent with tools doesn't mean I need to chat with it, I could just click a button and have it do things, in the same way that I click a button and a driver with tools goes and gets my food.
    by gmarkwa