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rpeden | on: GPT-6.1 Terra
I guess it never really occurred to me that people wouldn't immediately grok:

* Luna (Moon)

* Terra (Earth)

* Sol (Sun)

* Astra (Galaxy/Universe)

The relative sizing seems dead simple.

no-name-here | parent | next
> dead simple.

1. Even more dead simple if it just used Moon instead of Luna, Sun instead of Sol, etc. - one less quick translation in the head.

2. Or even more dead simple if it just used "Small", "Large", etc. - removing another quick translation in the head. (On the other hand, all these suggestions are English - maybe Luna, etc. is more understandable for non-English speakers?)

margalabargala | parent
You're misunderstanding the misunderstanding.

You're right! The relative sizing of models is dead simple. This doesn't help when there are improvements between release numbers, and models are released one at a time instead of as a family.

When Sol 6.4 comes out and the latest Astra is still 6.1, which do you use?

arcfour | root | parent
I use Sol 6.4 because it's newer (and "big") unless there is a specific benchmark that 6.1 Astra scores better on that I think I need.

Or I might try both and pick whichever I prefer for a given task...

margalabargala | root | parent
Okay, now how many generations until you use Terra over Astra?
arcfour | root | parent
Probably never? Unless they get super far out of sync, a "medium" model just isn't the right choice for a "large" (or "extra large") model task.