Review: Automated Design of Agentic Systems

Automated Design of Agentic Systems , by Shengran Hu, Cong Lu, and Jeff Clune (UBC, Vector Institute), at ICLR 2025. Clune has written a bunch of papers on evolving, self-improving systems. His AI Scientist paper made waves in 2024, maybe because it was a direct threat to the livelihoods of its readers. In today&rsquo;s paper, &ldquo;Automated Design of Agentic Systems,&rdquo; the authors ask:…