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		esafak 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Professional software developers don't vibe, they ... An agent takes actions. Chat bots only return text.

zkmon 12 days ago [–]

"takes actions" is automation and its is hardly new. Code was always taking actions over the decades. Interpreting and generating text belongs to chat bots. What's new with agents?

esafak 12 days ago | [–]

Your code only takes actions prescribed by you. The agent does not; it picks the tool. I thought this was too obvious to point out.

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