Types of LLMs in AI Agents, Part 1: GPT, MoE and LRM Explained
mdancho84 · x · 2026-10-09
Opening segment of an 8-part thread on LLM types in AI agents: GPT is the general-purpose text understanding and generation backbone, MoE routes tokens to specialized experts to scale capacity efficiently, and LRM is tuned for multi-step reasoning and RAG/tool use.
Related event: A guide to the 8 types of LLMs used in AI agents(4 posts)→
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