Chip Huyen's comprehensive overview of AI agents, adapted from her book "AI Engineering" (2025), covers the architecture of agentic systems including tools, planning, and failure modes. It provides a practical framework for understanding how foundation models enable autonomous agents to act as assistants and coworkers across complex multi-step tasks. The post addresses agent evaluation strategies to catch the new failure modes unique to agentic operation.
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Chip Huyen's agentic system framework breaks down how foundation models power autonomous agents through tools and planning, with evaluation strategies for catching failure modes unique to agent workflows.
Friday, March 27, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Chip HuyenBY sys://pipeline
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