> The agent forgets to free memory latter just like a human would and has to go back and fix it later.

I highly recommend people learn how to write their own agents. Its really not that hard. You can do it with any llm model, even ones that run locally.

I.e you can automate things like checking for memory freeing.

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eternityforest 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why would I want to have an extra thing to maintain, on top of having to manually review, debug, and write tests for a language I don't like that much?

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yberreby 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I.e you can automate things like checking for memory freeing.

Or, if you don't need to use C (e.g. for FFI or platform compatibility reasons), you could use a language with a compiler that does it for you.

	▲	ModernMech 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Right, a lot of the promise of AI can (and has) been achieved with better tool design. If we get the AI to start writing Assembly or Machine Code as some people want it to, we're going to have the same problems with AI writing in those languages as we did when humans had to use them raw. We invented new languages because we didn't find those old ones expressive enough, so I don't exactly understand the idea that LLMs will have a better time expressing themselves in those languages. The AI forgetting to free memory in C and having to go back and correct itself is a perfect example of this. We invented new tools so we wouldn't have to do that anymore, and they work. Now we are going backwards, and building giant AI datacenters that suck up all the RAM in the world just to make up for lost ground? Weak.

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J_Shelby_J 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I use rust. The compiler is my agent.

Or to quote Rick and Morty, “that’s just rust with extra steps!”

	▲	auntienomen 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		On a related note, I've always regarded Python as the best IDE for writing C. :)
	▲	tick_tock_tick 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Replace memory with one of the dozen common issues the Rust compiler does nothing for like deadlocks.

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lowbloodsugar 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sure. Or you can let the language do that for you and spend your tokens on something else. Like, do you want your LLM to generate LLVM byte code? It could, right? Buy why wouldn't you let the compiler do that?

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VertanaNinjai 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you have any good starting points? For example, if someone had an ollama or lm studio daemon running where would they go from that point?