AI Agents: Why the Hype Feels Wrong to an Old Programmer

AI Agents: Why the Hype Feels Wrong to an Old Programmer(nimishg.substack.com)

2 points by i_dont_know_ 268 days ago | 3 comments

I wanted to dig into the hype around agents and figure out both the use-cases and quirks, so I wrote this little 'review'.

I think, like most of the 'AI' sphere right now, they're overhyped but I think it's good to get a feel firsthand of when they're useful and when they're not.

BoredPositron 268 days ago |

If you've only tried local models with self build tooling like your article suggest, you should try what everyone else is doing to get a real overview of the space and come to conclusions not based on a toy model.

i_dont_know_ 268 days ago | |

Thanks, the goal wasn't to get a full overview of the commercial space but really to understand more of the fundamentals of building, the limits and use-cases of agents in general.

Specifically I see a huge push to "build agents" and to "use agents" as building blocks for more complex interactions. I wanted to get a feel for why and my conclusions are more around that and not "what's possible"