What I got wrong about AI
The headline models get the press, but the small, cheap ones now do 90 percent of what I need for a tenth of the cost.
Small models are quietly eating the big ones' lunch. The headline models get the press, but the small, cheap ones now do 90 percent of what I need for a tenth of the cost. The smart move this year is routing, not maxing out.
I'm not claiming this is true for everyone. It's true for me, and the version I'd tell a friend is shorter than the marketing version.
The pushback I get is always the same, and it's usually right at the edges, not the center. The center holds: the boring practice beats the clever one most days.
If you take one thing from this, let it be the unglamorous part. The flashy bit is what gets demos; the plain bit is what gets used.