What is the Multi-Agent Approach to AGI?
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Summary of Multi-Agent Approach to AGI by Richard, Co-founder of Napa Ai
Introduction
- Richard discusses the multi-agent approach to AGI, contrasting it with the common view of AGI as a single entity.
- He suggests AGI is more likely to be a network or ecology of entities.
- A blog post exploring AGI from a philosophical perspective is mentioned.
Generations of Scaling in AI
- First Generation: Scale is All You Need
- Big labs believed scaling up model size was the key to AGI.
- Diminishing returns from larger models indicate the need for new approaches.
- Second Generation: Scaling Inference Time Compute
- Involves making multiple calls to a model and combining answers through averaging or voting.
- Issues with hallucinations and inaccuracies in outputs.
- Third Generation: Multi-Agent Scaling
- Investigates the relationship between agent scale and performance.
- Different models are used for calls, improving performance due to diversity.
- Performance benefits level off after a certain point due to communication challenges among agents.
Benefits of Multi-Agent Systems
- Diversity Improves Performance
- Ensembles of different models outperform single models.
- Diversity in model architectures and local knowledge bases enhances performance.
- Different models can compensate for each other’s weaknesses.
Challenges in Building Multi-Agent AI
- Difficulty in tool calling due to different standards and formats.
- Structured output varies across models, complicating integration.
- Reasoning models lack standardization, making interoperability difficult.
- Few standards exist for agent interactions, although some protocols from the 1980s could be repurposed.
- Multi-agent system frameworks lack interoperability, similar to the pre-hugging face Transformers era.
Napa Ai’s Contributions
- Napa Nodes: Infrastructure for running multi-agent systems, supporting local inference, databases, communication protocols, and orchestration.
- Napa Modules: Framework-agnostic wrappers that allow different agent frameworks to interoperate.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP): Supported by Napa to enable tool use and agent interaction.
Conclusion
- Richard advocates for the multi-agent approach to AGI, citing its potential for better performance, scalability, and safety.
- He highlights the importance of coordination in multi-agent systems and its relevance to solving societal challenges.
- Napa Ai is hiring across various roles, emphasizing the need for collaboration between AI researchers and social scientists.
Contact Information
- Interested individuals are encouraged to reach out to the Napa Ai team for opportunities.
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