Building Effective AI Agents

This chapter explores the challenges and strategies in creating tailored AI agents, focusing on the importance of defined prompts and performance evaluation. It highlights the incremental development of agent capabilities, issues in AI language models, and the need for trustworthiness and reliability in AI outputs.

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In this sponsored episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan interviews Andrei Oprisan, Engineering Lead at Agent.ai. They explore the cutting-edge world of AI agents and their impact on the future of work. Andrei shares insights on language model limitations, best practices for building AI agents, and Agent AI's vision as a professional network for AI agents. The conversation covers technical details like fine-tuning models, vector database choices, and privacy-preserving techniques. Don't miss this deep dive into AI's role in transforming industries and the skills needed in an AI-augmented workplace.

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CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) About the Show

(00:00:22) Sponsors: Weights & Biases Weave

(00:01:28) About the Episode

(00:05:36) Introduction and AI Agents Overview

(00:07:02) Current State of AI Agents

(00:11:30) Building and Optimizing AI Agents

(00:19:01) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave

(00:21:05) Agent.ai Platform and Marketplace

(00:31:12) Sponsors: Omneky | Squad

(00:32:38) Customization and Context for Agents