Junior interview question

What is an AI agent?

Q: What is an AI agent?

Something that perceives its environment and acts on it, defined by that environment and the actions its tools allow. In an AI agent the model plans the next step, reads the results, and decides when the task is done. By that definition, a RAG system is a simple agent.

Model answer

Something that perceives its environment and acts on it, defined by that environment and the actions its tools allow.

In an AI agent the model plans the next step, reads the results, and decides when the task is done. By that definition, a RAG system is a simple agent.

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Walk me through the agent loop.
What kinds of tools can an agent have, and which need the most care?
Each step of your agent is 95% reliable. How reliable is a 10-step task?
Where does an agent's reliability come from?
How do you decide whether a task needs an agent at all?

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