NoteTools & Agents

If it moves on its own, a misjudgment runs on its own too

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An introductory note that explains what an agent is without the jargon. It draws the line this way: the conversational tools so far were an adviser who answers your questions well, so they would write the text while opening the mailbox, entering the address and sending it stayed the person's job, whereas an agent is closer to an assistant who writes the content, opens the mailbox, finds the recipient and presses send by itself. The most important trait is that once one step ends it decides the next step by itself and tries another way when it gets stuck, and the note points out that OpenAI, Anthropic and Google moved in the same direction almost at the same time and only attached different names. Of the three, Gemini's Gems differs in character: rather than roaming around on its own, it is about setting up a dedicated tool whose role is fixed in advance, and because it can be made on a free account it is recommended as a starting point. The conclusion does not end on optimism, because moving on its own means a wrong judgment also runs on its own, so it asks you to flip your stance from it handles things, so I trust it with the work to it handles things, so I check sooner.

Key points

  • The difference between a tool that only talks and one that presses send
  • The core is that once one step ends it decides the next step by itself
  • Gemini's Gems differs in character, fixing the role in advance
  • Running on its own means a wrong judgment runs on its own too

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