[echelon]

> agentic

This is the hot new word in the LLM space. Was this picked because LLMs are losing luster for broad, cross-domain applicability? What systems actually demonstrate this behavior?

I'm not short on LLMs, but I can see a future where Gen AI in the creative space (image, audio, video) outpaces LLMs in terms of impact.

[syrgian]

I was trying to write a decent definition but Wiki does it better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model#Agency

In this context it could be able to do multiple actions in order to address an ask from the user: read cells, documentation, edit cells, and perhaps even read the result from the edited cell before answering. i.e. "Can you create a new sheet that focuses on the Countries where the sales happened, including YoY differences, and tell me which countries are outliers and for which reason(s)?" (probably very far fetched given the level of progress Excel has achieved in 20 years).