Jev is a small decision-making model, but from first
Compared Jev against offline small models like Qwen 3.8 Flash Next, arguing local models can handle decisions plus other tasks with better privacy and cost.
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Jev is a small decision-making model, but from first principles, Jev really isn't as appealing as running a Qwen 3.8 Flash Next or a small offline model on an offline device. Besides making decisions, these offline models can do many other things. Of course, I also believe the community will soon develop a fully offline Jev model. That way, many ways of automating computer use can be super fast, private, and low-cost.
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Jev是一个决策小模型，但是从第一性原理来看 Jev真的不如离线设备跑一个 Qwen 3.8 Flash Next 或者离线小模型更香，这些离线模型除了可以做决策以外，还可以干很多其他的事情 当然我也相信社区很快就可以开发完全离线的 Jev 模型出来 那样很多自动化用电脑的方式就可以超快、隐私而且成本低
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