After my earlier article, I realised I was somewhat scant on what a Large Action Model (LAM), also called Large Agentic Models, are. As already mentioned, these have derived from the Large Language Models (LLM), or what people now refer generically as AI, discussed before.
So, a LAM extends the LLM by becoming agents of action. Instead of answering questions, they can do tasks on their own or work towards a goal of some kind. The LAM can simulate a series of human actions, it has better language capability that spans both form and function, and builds in multi-step reasoning. This is another step towards general AI.
– Take a simple example, you are hungry and want to order dinner. You could ask ChatGPT for some meal suggestions for the family and it will give you a list. The LAM could take that list and order the items from different restaurants, pay for them and then…
