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An autonomous AI system that can perceive its environment, make decisions, and take actions to achieve specified goals.
AI agents are systems that go beyond simple prompt-response interactions to autonomously plan and execute multi-step tasks. They combine language model reasoning with tool use — calling APIs, browsing the web, writing code, managing files — to accomplish complex objectives with minimal human intervention.
Modern AI agent architectures use LLMs as the "brain" that decomposes goals into steps, selects appropriate tools, and adapts based on intermediate results. Frameworks like LangChain, AutoGPT, and CrewAI provide scaffolding for building agentic systems.
As AI agents move from experimental to production use cases — customer support, code generation, data analysis, workflow automation — companies need engineers who understand agent architectures, tool integration, safety constraints, and evaluation methodology.
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A neural network trained on massive text datasets that can understand and generate human language.
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
A technique that enhances AI model responses by retrieving relevant information from external data sources before generating an answer.
Reinforcement Learning
A machine learning paradigm where agents learn to make decisions by receiving rewards or penalties for their actions.
Prompt Engineering
The practice of designing and refining inputs to AI models to produce desired outputs.