Surprising Insights from Cutting-Edge Prototypes | Agentic Workflow Series Part 4 of 4

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AI Summary

Summary: Multi-Agent Collaboration Design Pattern

Introduction

• Exploring the effectiveness of multi-agent collaboration design patterns.
• Early experiments yielded disappointing results.
• Interest in creating an app or feature using this pattern.
• Importance of profitability in these systems.

Case Studies & Frameworks

• Examined newer experiments for potential.
• Three frameworks: Chat Dev, Autogen Studio 2, and Crew AI.
• Andrej Karpathy’s video on AI’s lack of deep problem-solving (System 2) discussed.
• Methods to simulate System 2 reasoning in AI: Tree of thought prompting and multi-agent collaboration.

Practical Example

• Three AI agents (marketer, technologist, business developer) assess a product’s viability.
• Suggestion to use data from custom tools for better output relevance and accuracy.

Costs & Technical Challenges

• GPT-4 agent calls cost about $0.40 each.
• Local models require significant RAM, leading to performance issues.
• Open-source models show varying comprehension levels.
• The performant local model produced inaccurate outputs.

Framework Evaluations

• Autogen Studio 2.0: Predefined models, agent groups, group chats, but lacks UI interaction visibility. Score: 3.5/5.
• Chat Dev: Developed by Open BMBB, quirky interface, roles, phases, chat chains. Score: 3/5.
• Crew AI: Centralized orchestration, sequential agent processes. Score: 4/5.

Use Cases & Orchestration

• Various agent groups and pipelines possible.
• Centralized orchestration common in systems observed.
• Decentralized orchestration could allow agents to communicate independently.

Alignment & Control

• Centralized orchestration may offer better control with human oversight.
• Decentralized systems pose challenges for governance and alignment.

Costs & Final Thoughts

• Cost analysis based on current OpenAI pricing.
• The approach is still in its infancy, but rapid development could lead to breakthroughs.
• Plans to explore Devon DEA and Open Devon in the next video.