🎲 Artisanal Language Models (opens in new tab)

Large Language Models are everywhere, and in February 2026 it's hard to imagine what the machine learning world would look like without them. But it's fun to imagine some alternatives. What if an LLM were trained to complete a specific task? LLMs are general purpose tools, trained to be able to do many different things. As a result they are vast. And they are better at doing some things than others. If an LLM were instead focused on a particular task, trained to perform it as well as… This ra...