AI Agents Are Here. What Now?

Hugging Face Blog · 1 year ago

AI agents—systems that use large language models to take independent actions toward specified goals—are becoming increasingly deployed for tasks like scheduling meetings and creating social media posts without explicit step-by-step instructions. These systems operate on a spectrum of autonomy ranging from single-step responses to fully autonomous agents that can write and execute their own code. The analysis recommends against developing fully autonomous agents due to escalating safety risks, while suggesting that semi-autonomous systems with limited human oversight may offer benefits that outweigh risks.