Comment by quantumHazer
4 days ago
I’m no better at naming things! Shall we propose LLM feedback loop systems? It’s more grounded in reality. Agent is like Retina Display to my ears, at least at this stage!
4 days ago
I’m no better at naming things! Shall we propose LLM feedback loop systems? It’s more grounded in reality. Agent is like Retina Display to my ears, at least at this stage!
Agent is clear in that it acts on behalf of the user.
"LLM feedback loop systems" could be to do with training, customer service, etc.
> Agent is like Retina Display to my ears, at least at this stage!
Retina is a great name. People know what it means - high quality screens.
>Agent is clear in that it acts on behalf of the user.
Yes, but you could say that AI orchestrated workflows are also acting on behalf of the user and the "Agentic AI" people seem to be going to great lengths to distinguish AI Agents from AI Workflows. Really, the only things that distinguish the AI Agent is the "running the LLM in a loop" + the LLM creating structured output.
> Really, the only things that distinguish the AI Agent is the "running the LLM in a loop" + the LLM creating structured output.
Well, that UI is what makes agent such an apt name.
Retina Display means nothing. Just because Apple pushed hard to make it common to everyone it doesn’t mean it’s a good technical name.
You’re right that it’s branding, but it also has meaning: a display resolution that (approximately) matches the resolution of the human retina, under typical viewing conditions. The fact that the term is easily understood by the lay public is what makes it a good name and smart branding. BTW the term ‘retinal display’ existed long before Apple used it, and refers to a display that projects directly onto the retina.
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You can argue that Apple haven't achieved it, but it has a very clear technical meaning - a sufficiently high dpi such that pixels become imperceptible to the average healthy human eye from a typical viewing distance.
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> Retina Display means nothing.
It means a high-quality screen and is named after the innermost part of the eye, which evokes focused perception.
> Just because Apple pushed hard to make it common to everyone it doesn’t mean it’s a good technical name.
It's an excellent technical name, just like AI agent. People understand what it means with minimal education and their hunch about that meaning is usually right.
A downward spiral
Call it Reznor to imply it’s a downward spiral?