Extracting Knowledge from Sunsetting Models
w1kke · x · 2026-07-16
The author notes that models slated for retirement, like Fable, can actually bring a new dimension to their work: continuously reminding the model that it is about to be deprecated and must immediately distill its knowledge and design ideas alters the entire collaborative process.
They added that this approach seems particularly helpful for agentic coding.
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