How useful an AI system is comes down to:

· Bits and Bobs 9/21/26
  • How useful an AI system is comes down to:
    • 1) The quality of the model
      • Which in most cases is a commodity, since everyone can use any model.
    • 2) Prompting quality
      • How good is the system at wringing quality out of the model?
      • If the model is over-capable, then this isn't that important, because it will do a good job automatically.
    • 3) What is the token budget?
      • How many tokens is the user willing to pay for?
      • How many tokens is the service willing to subsidize?
    • 4) The richness of context and tools.
      • Does the tool have access to the information it needs to make and execute good suggestions?