Types of LLMs in AI Agents, Part 2: VLM, SLM, LAM, HLM and LCM Explained
mdancho84 · x · 2026-10-09
The latter half of an 8-part thread on LLM types in AI agents: VLM processes images + text for multimodal perception, SLM are compact models for edge/low-latency tasks, LAM plans and executes actions via tools/APIs/robots, HLM uses layered coordination (user/item/task submodels) for complex workflows, and LCM maps words to higher-level concepts for abstraction and semantic understanding.
Related event: A guide to the 8 types of LLMs used in AI agents(4 posts)→
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