Reddit debate: specialized small models will eventually beat catch-all LLMs
YogurtExternal7923 · reddit · 2026-10-23
A Reddit post argues 'everything will be local eventually':
- Frontier models like Opus 5.5 lead on capability but clearly lose money on subscriptions.
- Tasks like OCR and segmentation are already solved by single-digit-B models that train easier and don't need datacenter power.
- The author predicts specialized models per task will dominate in a decade; the 'one LLM does everything' model won't survive unless vendors run dozens of models behind one interface.
- Example: a 9B model trained for rating options tops benchmarks where you'd otherwise prompt an LLM all day.
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