Re:Ask HN: Aren't Agents the Bitter Lesson?
by ottaborra on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @06:23AM
(#43545050)
Agentic frameworks are nothing but somewhat impressive glue engineering and hundred percent will be passed over when models with bigger context lengths and better reasoning come about
Rule of thumb: if business folks drop a AI term that becomes the vogue lingo to use, be assured it is a fad that will meet it's doom in days to come
I don't think the bitter lesson is an absolute, but the current investment in agents is what you get when you ignore the bitter lesson
Rule of thumb: if business folks drop a AI term that becomes the vogue lingo to use, be assured it is a fad that will meet it's doom in days to come
I don't think the bitter lesson is an absolute, but the current investment in agents is what you get when you ignore the bitter lesson