From AI-Assisted to AI-Native: Building a Frontier Development Team — Clare Liguori, AWS
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AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
Why it matters
Evidence that AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → gains come from restructuring how a team works — pruned written context windowThe maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.Full definition →, agents fed rather than babysat, fast deterministic local feedback — not from adopting a better assistant.
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