Author doesn’t understand cost dynamics of the industry - that prices keep falling.
Author also needs to make a point, and can’t do so if they are using a powerful model.
Author also needs to make a point, and can’t do so if they are using a powerful model.
next year, astra tier model will be $2/1M or whatever (point is - cheaper) and whatever model is $10/1M will be insane like astra feels today.
also, in any agentic workflow, you use models of various levels together... not just one model of one level...
incapable of understanding speculation?
Excessive skepticism does no good.
gpt 6 Luna can be swapped for 5.6 terra or even sol in some cases, and it is much cheaper.
source: i have a lot of evals, and i have ai find the best model for me for those evals over time so i save $ lol
Model AA Index Cost/task
Claude 4.5 Haiku (thinking) 17 $0.21
GPT-6 Luna (max) 37 $0.07
GPT-6 Sol (low) 34 $0.13
GPT-6 Sol (medium) 40 $0.25
And Luna (max) scores 37 while still 30% of the cost of Haiku which scored 17.
Why deliberately choose a model that is known to be poor and also costly?