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by dafelst 122 days ago
The term "agent" with regards to law enforcement substantially predates "agent" in the context of AI.
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palmotea 122 days ago
> The term "agent" with regards to law enforcement substantially predates "agent" in the context of AI.

The GP's account was created in 2019, so being born yesterday is not an excuse available to them.

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OisinMoran 122 days ago
To be fair, I initially had the same thought, and the HN item just two below this as I write also has agent (but the LLM kind) in its title.
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Nextgrid 122 days ago
True, but with every other article on HN being about AI nowadays I assumed there was something to it.
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