@omarsar0: The more I embrace open and cheaper models, the more automation I can afford. Frontier models for orchestration and coo…
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The author discusses the benefits of using open and cheaper AI models for automation tasks while reserving frontier models for orchestration, enabling more proactive agents.
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The more I embrace open and cheaper models, the more automation I can afford.
Frontier models for orchestration and coordination.
Open and cheaper models for execution. Token usage rapidly increasing here.
This allows me to lean more into proactive agents like never before.
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