Models Are the How, Harnesses Are the What

I think this is a really good explainer.Loading tweet...But I have a slightly different explanation that’s pretty elegant to remember.1. Both models and harnesses are made to help you get what you want from AI2. Models are getting much better, but they can only do so much because they don't know everything about you and how you like things to be done.📚 Knowing you is the whole point of the digital assistant I described in The Real Internet of Things back in 2016.3. Harnesses are like model assistants. They help the model get the information that it needs to help you in a way that matches your preferences.The harness knows you so the model doesn't have to4. In general, the better the models get, the less you will need the harness because they are ultimately pursuing the same goal of getting you exactly what you want.🧠 This is Rich Sutton's Bitter Lesson applied to harnesses: our step-by-step help ages badly as models get smarter.Model and harness chase the same goal, so the gap keeps…