AI models are becoming appliances: great at one thing, bad at everything else
dbreunig · x · 2026-09-16
Drew Breunig explores why AI models are increasingly like appliances — excellent at one task, poor at everything else. Starting from his "Winchester Mystery House" analogy, he walks through DSPy, GEPA, and the new Flex optimizer that rewrites code rather than just prompts, explaining the forces behind model specialization.
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