Learning how to use AI Agents?
I'm not a programmer but seeing all these supposedly 'vibecoded' apps is giving me FOMO - especially considering how LLMs, in general, are now an integral part of any future work environment. What are the best resources for learning agentic programming? I see that Anthropic have some free online courses, not sure of ChatGPT equivalents, but it seems like it would help to have some understanding of MCP?
Then there's the question of environment to actually run agents? What are the best environments for absolute beginners who don't know what a Python Wheel is, and think a sandbox is for making castles?
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post, here's a place to put it.
If you are new to LessWrong, here's the place to introduce yourself. Personal stories, anecdotes, or just general comments on how you found us and what you hope to get from the site and community are invited. This is also the place to discuss feature requests and other ideas you have for the site, if you don't want to write a full top-level post.
If you're new to the community, you can start reading the Highlights from the Sequences, a collection of posts about the core ideas of LessWrong.
If you want to explore the community more, I recommend reading the Library, checking recent Curated posts, seeing if there are any meetups in your area, and checking out the Getting Started section of the LessWrong FAQ. If you want to orient to the content on the site, you can also check out the Concepts section.
The Open Thread tag is here. The Open Thread sequence is here.