Can someone clarify the difference between function calling, tools, and just asking for JSON mode / getting a JSON output?
Suppose I want the 3.5 turbo LLM to read some text and output JSON, would I use tools for that or function calling, or JSON mode?
How does function calling work then?
You would not need function_calling for that - you would simply ask for it to output JSON. Function calling would be if you either want to contribuite something external to the conversation - or have GPT trigger something external during the conversation
JSON mode is activated by default in function calling but seems to be more sensitive to schema errors and requires 1 or few-shot examples in the prompt. Conversely function calling only requires the function schema so I would prefer it overall.