Agents' Last Doubt: Knowing When to Act and When to Step Back in Tool-Using Agents
arXiv:2610.24194v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Tool-using LLM agents repeatedly face decision points under uncertainty, choosing between autonomous action, additional information gathering, and human escalation. These decisions require balancing task success against interaction…
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- arXiv:2610.24194v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Tool-using LLM agents repeatedly face decision points under uncertainty, choosing between autonomous action, additional information gathering, and human escalation
- These decisions require balancing task success against interaction…
Agents' Last Doubt: Knowing When to Act and When to Step Back in Tool-Using Agents
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