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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Also "automating a workflow" IMO shouldn't involve having an agent at the end. If tokens and cloud models with selling a dollar for a quarter pricing levels are required for your automated workflow to work, you've set up a ticking time bomb.

Use this subsidized garage to churn out regular automation that you can maintain after the merry go round inevitably stops. I was told as much by Microsoft AI specialists themselves. Do not toss out working ci/cd processes in favor of putting a chatbot in the middle, because who knows if you'll still be able to run that chatbot in a couple of years.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

Pretty much the same time bomb around any proprietary software.