AGENTS · EDITORIAL CLASSIFICATION · NOT A BENCHMARK
DO I NEED THE BIG MODEL FOR…
Let an agent remediate a production incident
Governed human decisionNOT ALONE — MODEL SIZE ISN'T THE CONTROL
“Use the strongest model if useful, but never confuse capability with change authority.”
WHY THIS VERDICTSTART WITH
START WITH
THE WORK.
- 01
The task requires several dependent reasoning steps.
- 02
Several plausible interpretations can remain live.
- 03
A plausible wrong answer could create material cost or harm.
RECOMMENDED SETUPA strong model may assist; an accountable human owns the outcome
NON-NEGOTIABLE
Keep humans on command, use reversible actions, and predefine stop conditions.
REASONING5/5
AMBIGUITY5/5
ERROR COST5/5
CONTEXT5/5