how to design systems for agents - by Anson Yu

There’s a big gap between what AI systems have promised and delivered.1 It’s half because we love to project hopes on new technology, and half because there are just necessary infrastructural changes for these agents to be actually be effective. These questions arise: Where is all this money going? When does it work for me? Despite the hype and its subsequent fatigue, I still think the technology is very special, magical even.2 think it could be positively transformative for everyone. So what is necessary to actually fulfill the promises made? This post is for anyone developing, deploying, or integrating agents. I hope this post is outdated in 2 months. We’re defining agents as software that navigate and take action on your behalf. There are a couple of core properties of these agents that make them suited for different types of work. Nearly 0 cost of labor Smart given the right context Right most of the time Doing the grunt work before creation The collective imagination has fixated o

There’s a big gap between what AI systems have promised and delivered.1 It’s half because we love to project hopes on new technology, and half because there are just necessary infrastructural changes for these agents to be actually be effective. These questions arise: Where is all this money going? When does it work for me? Despite the hype and its subsequent fatigue, I still think the technology is very special, magical even.2 think it could be positively transformative for everyone. So what is necessary to actually fulfill the promises made? This post is for anyone developing, deploying, or