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You Probably Don't Need an Agent
Most of what your company needs from AI is simpler than the hype. The skill is knowing where to stop.
Scott GarretsonApril 30, 202613 min read
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Most of what your company needs from AI doesn't need an agent. It needs the simplest tool that solves the problem.
- AI builds come in four levels of complexity. Each level up costs roughly ten times more to build, run, and debug than the one below.
- Anthropic's published guidance to its own engineers: pick the lowest level that can do the job. Don't go higher unless you have to.
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