GEN AI LESSON
Agents, Plugins, and Tool Use (Big Picture)
Agents loop plan-act-observe with APIs—still need supervision.
Define allowed tools up front.
Fully autonomous hype—humans still judge outcomes.
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Agents, Plugins, and Tool Use (Big Picture) keeps Gen AI grounded instead of magical thinking. Phase focus: Systems & Multimodal.
Anchor idea:
Agents loop plan-act-observe with APIs—still need supervision.
Lean into curiosity—notice where intuition clashes with reality.
Coach tip: Define allowed tools up front.
Tripwire: Fully autonomous hype—humans still judge outcomes.
Practice angle: Sketch one helpful agent workflow for planners—and one risk.
Scroll to Quick checks—three taps-only questions—then Finish topic when all three glow green.
Quick checks
Three tap-only questions tied to this lesson. Get each one right once, then press Finish to unlock the next topic—nothing is sent to an AI API from this page.