Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool

Re:Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool by mahidhar on Thursday June 18, 2026 @09:32AM (#48585023)

Well, unlike a human, I cannot expect any these LLMs to take any ownership of the work they do. I cannot expect any given model and version (sonnet 4.6) to learn, improve and adapt over time. I cannot expect it's limitations to ever go away at the model level. So it is not like a human in most ways that I actually care about.

That said, I can't wait for LLMs to stop being AI and start being just another tool. Anything cursed with the "AI" label seems to go through this mess. In the earlier AI cycles, rules engines were considered "human-ish" and got hyped up, but today we just see then as just another tool available to us, and we're better off for it.

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Re:Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool by themgt on Thursday June 18, 2026 @12:00PM (#48587418)

That said, I can't wait for LLMs to stop being AI and start being just another tool.

From a horse's perspective, the internal combustion engine is just another tool for making scary noises and powering horse trailers to take me on fun horse adventures. So ... perhaps.

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Re:Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool by kolinko on Thursday June 18, 2026 @11:07AM (#48586560)

models don’t improve, but harnesses/tools/rules around them grow with the project.

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Re:Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool by squidbeak on Thursday June 18, 2026 @01:11PM (#48588450)

You're on the hook for their work in the way a manager is for their staff's output. The insistence of AI being a mere tool very often comes with this strange desire to be free of responsibility for its work. People seem to forget that the big advantage in these things is the range they have for obscure insight and creative solutions, both impossible with determinism.

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