Yes, it is a tool. No, it is not "just search".

Is your CPU running arbitrary code "just search over transistor states"?

Calling LLMs "just search" is the kind of reductive take that sounds clever while explaining nothing. By that logic, your brain is "just electrochemical gradients".

i dont disagree, but i also dont think thats an exciting result. every proboem can be described as a search for the right SOP, followed by execution of that SOP.

an LLM to do the search, and the agent to execute the instructions can do everything under the sun

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