The Importance of Abstraction Layers in Agentic Systems
One of the most important components of an agentic system is its abstraction layer — a framework that organizes surface-level details into higher-level, strategic categories. Abstraction enables transfer learning. It allows your system to take insights from one context and apply them to another. That’s essential to agentic learning (and, therefore, is core to how […]
A/B Testing vs. Bandits vs. Predictive Models vs. Agentic Learners: A Stock Market Analogy
I’ve had people ask me what the difference is between A/B testing, multi-armed bandits, predictive/ML models, and agentic learners. Let’s use an analogy. Imagine you’re investing in the stock market: A/B Testing is like back-testing a single stock strategy (e.g., “Tech stocks beat energy in 2020, so we’ll only buy tech”). It’s rigid—once you lock […]
The Explore/Exploit Tradeoff: Understanding Its True Implications in AI Systems
When someone claims their system “navigates the explore/exploit tradeoff,” they’re not saying anything meaningful — that phrase has become table stakes in conversations about agentic systems. But that doesn’t make the underlying challenge any less important. Think of it this way: if you only explore, you’re like a mountaineer who says “I don’t care which […]
Five Pillars of Agentic Decision Making
As we’ve built Aampe, I’ve come to the view that if you’re trying to build or evaluate an agentic system, here are the questions you need to answer: Do you have a massive, dynamic inventory of messages? An agentic system requires thousands — often tens or hundreds of thousands — of unique, sendable messages. This […]
LLMs aren’t sufficient to build agentic systems
An LLM, by itself, cannot be truly agentic. This is also true of swarms, teams, workflows, and other kinds of “multi-agent” systems. If an LLM is doing all of the driving, then you’re dealing with something other than an agentic system. That’s why, at Aampe, LLMs are an appendage, not a foundation. LLMs excel at […]
How Agentic Systems Balance Exploration and Exploitation
In an agentic architecture, that balance between exploration and exploitation emerges naturally from the system’s structure — no need for hand-tuned ratios. Thompson Sampling is a convenient tool for navigating that tradeoff. Early on, when every option is uncertain, the system explores widely: flat distributions mean random draws lead to random choices. As the system […]
Why LLMs and RAG Aren’t Enough for Building Agentic AI Systems
I wrote a post recently (linked in comments below) on why agentic systems require structures for semantic-associative memory, and why LLMs lack the architecture to do anything but procedural memory. Therefore: LLMs aren’t sufficient to build agentic systems. Someone replied with a very thoughtful question about Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), a method that enhances language models […]
JEPA and Semantic Memory: Why Current AI Models Fall Short
I wrote a posts recently on the need for agentic systems to have semantic-associative memory capabilities. Someone asked whether something like LeCun’s Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA) gives us semantic memory. The answer: not really, but it does potentially do many other good things. JEPA, as I understand it, trains a model to predict latent […]
New Integration: Real-Time Cohorts & Streaming Events from Amplitude to Aampe
As a modular and shared agentic infrastructure, Aampe is built to seamlessly empower your existing tools, learn from data across your sources, and generate higher value data that can be piped anywhere you need with minimal lift. Our new integration with Amplitude is a powerful example of that plug-and-play flexibility—bringing your Amplitude cohorts to your […]
Taxfix partners with Aampe to personalize tax filing with Agentic AI
Taxfix makes taxes easier and empowering with Agentic AI, partnering with Aampe for continuously intelligent engagement. For most people, tax filing isn’t just a transaction, it’s a highly personal, often stressful journey. From understanding tax obligations to maximizing returns, every customer’s financial story is unique. Taxfix Group is Europe’s leading finance platform for digital tax […]