'Smol models' meme: hand-tuned task-specific models seen as the real business case
lfschiavo · x · 2026-11-03
@basedjensen predicts a wave of hand-tuned task-specific superhuman "smol models" — the ones with an actual business case — with deployable AGI emerging as an ensemble of them orchestrated by big frontier models. A replier jokes that "smol" is deliberately distinct from a cute "small" model, cementing the term as an AI-community meme.
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