Watching a 4B model malform tool calls feels like watching a bug drown, says dev

cephaloform · x · 2026-10-26

A relatable AI-circle quip: watching a 4B model malform tool calls produces the same sinking feeling as watching a bug struggle to climb out of a basin of water — a vivid metaphor for small models' unreliability in agent tool use.

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