Jev case: yeah, though i do think a lot of the value of it
Argued that Jev's value comes from its API design and integration simplicity rather than the underlying weights.
The original post
yeah, though i do think a lot of the value of it comes from the integration simplicity and API design as a model-product. we've had open local models that can "do jev" forever, maybe not exactly as calibrated, but the weights aren't really the point imo.
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Where this case fits
Filed under coding & developer tools. In the pattern Jev is built for, the model answers a bounded question per step — and ordinary code acts on the answer, because the answer is already a value rather than a paragraph. Other posts in the same family are on the coding & developer tools page.
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