Llama 3 tool calling agents with Firefunction-v2



AI Summary

Summary: Fireworks Fire Function V2 Release

  • Introduction
    • Lance from Lang chain discusses Fireworks, a popular inference engine.
    • New model release: Fire Function V2.
    • Fire Function V2 excels at tool/function calling, competitive with GPD-40 but faster and cheaper.
  • Tool Use
    • Enhances model capabilities by connecting to external tools.
    • Allows language models (LLMs) to interpret natural language and output necessary API/function calls.
  • Fire Function V2 Features
    • Built on Llama 3 Instruct, a strong base model.
    • Aims to balance fine-tuning for function calling with preserving base model capabilities.
    • Avoids overfitting to benchmarks, maintaining generalization to various tasks.
  • Demonstration
    • Installation and setup of Fire Function V2.
    • Defining and binding a weather tool to the LLM.
    • Example query: “What’s the weather like in San Francisco in Celsius?”
    • LLM successfully outputs the correct function name and arguments.
  • Real-World Example: Agent Evaluation
    • Lang chain’s cookbook for agent evaluation.
    • SQL database agent defined, using L graph to orchestrate.
    • Agent architecture: LLM decides on tool use, invokes tool, and loops until a natural language response is returned.
  • Testing and Results
    • Fire Function V2 tested against a set of reference answers.
    • Comparison with GPD-40 on a small agent evaluation challenge.
    • Both models scored 60% on the test, with some questions answered correctly by one but not the other.
    • Fire Function V2 shows promise for function calling and tool use in agent building.
  • Conclusion
    • Encourages testing Fire Function V2 in user-specific applications.
    • Presents as a viable option for function calling needs.