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Building AI Agent Platforms
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Building AI Agent Platforms

by Ben O'Mahony, Fabian Nonnenmacher
July 2027
Intermediate to advanced
500 pages
2h 30m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 1. AI Applications and Their Lifecycle

“The question of whether Machines Can Think (…) is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim.”

Edsger Dijkstra

The release of ChatGPT in November 2022 has fundamentally changed the software industry. Not only was this a major catalyst for using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) applications and AI-based coding assistants to develop software, but it also has dramatically accelerated the development of “AI applications”.

While developing software with machine learning models is not new, ChatGPT’s widespread availability was a revolutionary step. It enabled the creation of applications that were unimaginable for many developers just a few years ago and significantly lowered the barrier to entry, making AI application development more accessible than ever before.

This triggered a gold rush atmosphere, with startups and major corporations all scrambling to build new applications. The pace of innovation is staggering, ...

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