An agent is an LLM with access to tools, so it can reach out of the chat and change things in the surrounding system.

· Bits and Bobs 2/18/25
  • An agent is an LLM with access to tools, so it can reach out of the chat and change things in the surrounding system.
    • Tool access is the part that escapes the chat sandbox.
    • The more highly levered the tools are, the more potentially dangerous.
    • The more data in the system, the more dangerous each new unit of functionality is.