AI and tech

AI agent

AI 에이전트

Also known as: agent

A program that takes a goal, breaks it into steps and uses tools to carry it out.

Unlike a single question and answer, an agent alternates between tools: searching, reading files, running code, building towards a result.

It works best where steps are clear and results checkable. Where judgement is fuzzy or actions are hard to undo, keep a human checkpoint.

The design question is permission: read only or write, and where it must stop.

  • ToolsSearch, files, code execution, external services.
  • SafetyPut a human check before anything hard to undo.

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