> But traditional technologies lack cognitive processes: they do not perceive, evaluate, or solve problems

Neither do LLMs, which are "billions of dice" -word-guessers, still to this day.

To me, it feels like the opposite: a useful tool that's been wrongly marketed as something more. LLMs are very helpful in many different contexts. Sure, you could also use them to discuss your intimate issues or make your decisions for you, but you could also do that with Eliza back in the day if you wanted to. Wasn't a good idea then, isn't a good idea now.

Hmm.. agent.as_tool() looks like a tool for me

I try not to put much stock in black-and-white opinions because I think the answer is rarely that simple.