The idea behind Devin is an agent, folks can build better/smarter AI on top of OpenAI's models.

What do agents allow you to do that if, else, for and while statements with a database of LLM responses don't out of interest?

> What do agents allow you to do that `agents` don't out of interest?

Can you elaborate?

You mean human agents, or you are agreeing to what I'm saying here (Agents are just the same as any old backend API for practical purposes, as they can do the same things)

If you also think you described an agent yes, we agree here. There is no mystery on what's an agent, just a bunch of ifs and elses connected to a DB.

Go on?

Most likely OpenAI would have done it first, that is assuming that LLMs are the answer. But LLMs can never be the answer since they rely on ambiguously worded free-form text written by humans. Try writing software to price a derivative that way. The only way that a computer will write accurate reliable software is if it’s given clear and precise instructions. No current tool will do that.

The answer will come from outside the usual suspects.