<![CDATA[This is funny:]]>This is funny:

Citi sent employees another email asking them to not use the more powerful models unless they absolutely had to.

You have told a bunch of non-tech people to go hog wild using unlimited magic. Then you tell them to make a technical decision like determining what model they "absolutely have" to use. These people have no frame of reference for that.

In their mind, the best is always the best. Why would they use something less? They don't have any concept of understanding the nature of the problem, or how different LLMs vary. These are people that, until a year ago, couldn't write an excel formula. They can't determine the right model to use for a problem.

https://www.404media.co/companies-are-throttling-employees-ai-use-because-its-too-expensive/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/555d545a-27fd-407a-b9c4-eb028bcfceef/this-is-funnyRSS for NodeWed, 29 Jul 2026 04:22:56 GMTSun, 12 Jul 2026 23:22:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This is funny: on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:33:34 GMT]]>@paco
Have an LLM tell them which model to use.

Of course that's a difficult problem, so better get a really big one.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/notsoloud/statuses/116911270422626422https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/notsoloud/statuses/116911270422626422Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:33:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is funny: on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:18:14 GMT]]>❝ Nobody optimizes what they can't see.❞

put that on a t-shirt!

@eduzsh @paco

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116911210138575844https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116911210138575844Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:18:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is funny: on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:38:31 GMT]]>@paco Model choice being invisible to the person who'd actually feel the cost is the same failure as engineers who never see their own cloud bill. Nobody optimizes what they can't see.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116839267820083047/statuses/116910582135650935https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116839267820083047/statuses/116910582135650935Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:38:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is funny: on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:53:17 GMT]]>@paco Even at my (tech) workplace, it's not uncommon that I hear people saying things like "just use Opus, it's the better one", with no regard for the fact that it's like 3x the cost.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/diazona/statuses/116909696423736880https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/diazona/statuses/116909696423736880Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:53:17 GMT