Small cheap models can make good personal agents, says tobowers
tobowers · x · 2026-10-05
Following up on his take that personal agents should be slightly personable and remember things, tobowers notes the demo runs on a small, cheap model — the key to good personal agents is memory and tone, not model size.
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