LLM Agents Debate

Discussions center on defining AI agents as LLM wrappers with tools, their effectiveness versus simple prompts, and skepticism toward frameworks like AutoGPT, BabyAGI, and LangChain.

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reenorap Oct 17, 2025 View on HN

Are "agents" just programs that call into an LLM and based on the response, it will do something?

risyachka Nov 20, 2025 View on HN

Just open codex or claude code, add md file with basic instructions and tell it what you want. there is no "tooling" or "workflows" around it. "swarm of agents" is not a thing.And if your agent is running in background for hours then you are doing something wrong and wasting time.

mhog_hn Jul 20, 2025 View on HN

An agent is an LLM + a tool call loop - it is quite a step up in terms of value in my experience

vectorcrow Jun 21, 2023 View on HN

I've tried some of these agent frameworks like autogpt, babyagi and all earlier.They didn't seem to be very useful TBH. How is this one different?

octopoc Apr 9, 2025 View on HN

Isn't an agent just a system prompt + specific tools? Why not just switch out the system prompt and tools in the same context?

skepticATX Nov 6, 2023 View on HN

Maybe I’m missing something, but their agents don’t seem to be very… agentic. It’s more like a GPT app builder plus plugins.

blharr Nov 23, 2025 View on HN

Have you had issues with LLM agents or when chatting to them one-on-one?

bootwoot Nov 6, 2025 View on HN

That's not an agent, it's an LLM. An agent is an LLM that takes real-world actions

achierius Mar 27, 2025 View on HN

Agents are still LLMs. LLMs also have prompts. There's no difference!

mycall Jul 30, 2024 View on HN

AI Agents doing tasks for you is the killer app. Nearly there.