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Re:A $500 RL fine-tune of a 9B open model beat frontier mode... by skybrian on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @12:25AM (#49079340)
This is about saving money by using the right tool for the job. If you have a system that does a lot of mundane, repetitive work, you don't need a frontier model to do it.

It doesn't mean frontier models aren't good at harder tasks.

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Re:A $500 RL fine-tune of a 9B open model beat frontier mode... by heresalexandria on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @12:32AM (#49079387)
That's fair and I agree with this framing.
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Re:A $500 RL fine-tune of a 9B open model beat frontier mode... by iwontberude on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @06:40AM (#49081923)
That was always the framing. I don’t understand your pedantry.
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