AI Function Calling: Composing and Decomposing Functions for Complex Tasks
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The article discusses how AI models can solve complex tasks by composing and decomposing function calls, and the commenter highlights the approach's potential in breaking down problems into manageable subtasks.
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The approach demonstrates how an AI can: - Decompose a complex task into subtasks - Execute each part through separate function calls - Compose results into a final, structured answer
The article connects this to fixed point theory from mathematics, showing how iterative refinement converges to a stable "consensus" result. Includes practical code examples using OpenAI's API.
Related research: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11700