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Simon Willison
@simonwillison.net

I'm ready to accept a definition of "agent" that I think is widely-enough agreed upon to be useful, at least in the AI engineering space: An LLM agent runs tools in a loop to achieve a goal (I've been dismissing the term as hopelessly ambiguous for years) simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/18/...

simonwillison.netI think “agent” may finally have a widely enough agreed upon definition to be useful jargon nowI’ve noticed something interesting over the past few weeks: I’ve started using the term “agent” in conversations where I don’t feel the need to then define it, roll my eyes …
rem / Remy Sharp
@remysharp.com

Well, if you want vague and inconsistent, there is the glaring I in the AI bit. What is intelligence with respect to AI...? (rhetorical question). Tech loves to fuck with language.

Daniel Knell
@artisan.io

Correcting folks misuse of "AI" when they mean ML or Statistics is one of my favourite ways to rib business / marketing folk. 😂 "State of the art AI", "I think you mean millenia old statistics"