A Visual Guide to AI Agents by Maarten Grootendorst

AI agents are changing how we think about language models, from systems that respond to prompts to systems that can reason, plan, use tools, and act with more autonomy. In this ODSC AI West 2025 virtual session, Maarten Grootendorst, Lead Data Scientist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute and co-author of "Hands-On Large Language Models", gives a visual guide to the fundamentals of AI agents. Through an animated and accessible walkthrough, Maarten explains what makes AI agents different from regular LLMs, including reasoning models, memory, tool use, planning, and decision-making. Watch to build a clearer understanding of how AI agents work, why they matter, and how they are shaping the next stage of LLM-powered applications. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website and choose the nearest ODSC AI event to attend and experience all our training and workshops: https://odsc.ai To watch more videos like this, visit https://aiplus.training Sign up for the newsletter to stay up to date with the latest trends in data science: https://opendatascience.com/newsletter/ Follow us online! • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OPENDATASCI • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/odsc/ • Blog: https://opendatascience.com/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-data-science/ • X (twitter): https://x.com/_odsc