@DavidOndrej1: Matt Pocock just explained why everyone is obsessing over the wrong thing it's not the model, it's the harness watch th…
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Matt Pocock argues that the AI community is overly focused on models themselves, and that the real key is the harness (tooling/framework) surrounding them.
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Matt Pocock just explained why everyone is obsessing over the wrong thing
it’s not the model, it’s the harness
watch this before everyone else figures it out https://t.co/0iV4K4a9sz
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