Expert Warns Against Overusing Agents in Fixed Workflows

Data scientist Hugo Bowne-Anderson says the biggest mistake in AI development is using agents for fixed workflows, and that when agents fail, developers struggle to tell whether the tool choice, context, or state is at fault.

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