The Agentic Loop: Three loops in a trench coat (bobbytables.io)
30 points by btables 4 hours ago
swyx 44 minutes ago
there are more than 3: https://www.latent.space/p/loopcraft
jamestimmins 17 minutes ago
The issue I have with loops is that for truly complex work, where I care about building a generalized solution for a complex problem, the agents frequently reward hack and end up burning indefinitely without finishing until I step in.
Curious how you're addressing this
btables 17 minutes ago
Totally. Earth's rotation is a loop too. We should count that.
philipwhiuk 3 hours ago
Aren't the loops the wrong way round in the diagram. The tightest loop is the inference loop, then the tool loop and then human loop?
DonHopkins 2 hours ago
You are absolutely correct. It's an i18n/l10n issue. They spin in the opposite direction in the other hemisphere.
btables 3 hours ago
I think of them from the outside in, so that's why I illustrated it that way.