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Re:IBM's new SWE agents for developers by viraptor on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @06:02PM (#41919195)
They're was no rebrand. They're different concepts. Copilot and similar solutions are giving hints as you do the development. Agents are systems that receive a goal and will iterate actions and queries for more information until they achieve the goal.
Re:IBM's new SWE agents for developers by negoutputeng on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @06:09PM (#41919239)
you are quoting the party-line.

i am saying, the thing is snake-oil - a solution looking for a problem.

Re:IBM's new SWE agents for developers by viraptor on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @06:20PM (#41919318)
I'm explaining what words mean. Agentic approach has been a thing for years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_agent You can just say you don't like AI in programming, without saying incorrect things on top of that.