Sitzmann: agents may choose specialized models, so all bets are off again
vincesitzmann · x · 2026-09-20
In a further reply to Wiggle and Go, Vincent Sitzmann notes that we are now in an era where an agent may choose to use a specialized model for part of the pipeline — so the generalization debate's conclusions are up in the air again. He congratulates the authors while reframing the argument around model selection under agentic orchestration.
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