AI · Flashcard
A team must pick a model for a new feature. What is the fundamental trade-off across model tiers?
Why this is the answer
Capability trades against cost and latency, so match the tier to task difficulty. Larger is not universally cheaper or faster (2), tiers do differ (3), and smaller is not universally more accurate (4).
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