Are Multi-Agent Systems More Complex Than They Need to Be?

About this episode

Ben Lorica interviews Arun Kumar about the complexities of multi-agent systems and agent engineering.

In this episode, host Ben Lorica sits down with Arun Kumar (Associate Professor at UC San Diego and Co-founder/CTO of RapidFire AI) to explore the rapidly evolving discipline of agent engineering. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩 https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon · RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

People in this episode

Host: Ben Lorica

Guest: Arun Kumar

Topics covered

• multi-agent systems
• agent engineering
• technology
• AI
• business

Keywords

• multi-agent systems
• agent engineering
• AI
• technology
• business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UC San Diego, RapidFire AI

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