Such a great read! In your first section (New components), you shared an example of "switching between different AI models".
Do you have any additional thoughts on how that is useful to the user, especially someone who is not proficient about each model and its characteristics?
Great question! The model switching can be definitely confusing, but I rarely need to switch models as I'm on the Pro plan so I've set the model to ChatGPT-4o by default without any issues.
o1-preview and o1-mini are new models. o1-mini is quicker and o1-preview is advanced in reasoning and tackling complex problems. However, they don't support file uploads (which I often use) and don't have features like "Memory", so I don't need them in my use cases - 4o works well enough. 4o-mini, on the other hand, is a compact, faster version of 4o for simple tasks, which I don't need either.
That said, if you are dealing with more specific tasks, such as asking ChatGPT to write code to solve a complex problem or generate responses faster, you can always give other models a try!
Thanks so much for the detailed response! Just to add on – from a user experience perspective, I think there's an opportunity to clarify or provide more guidance to help users better understand the context around switching between models.
This is great callout. Currently it does have a one-line description alongside each model under the dropdown, but it's still not clear enough, especially given there are multiple options to choose.
Discovered something today—replying here in case I forget :) I initially asked 4o to help me write code for a tool, but encountered bugs. However, when I switched to o1-preview, it worked successfully without issues. It also explains things more clearly and in a well-structured way.
The problem with o1-preview is that it’s slow and has a usage limit, so I can’t keep using it even if I wanted to.
Such a great read! In your first section (New components), you shared an example of "switching between different AI models".
Do you have any additional thoughts on how that is useful to the user, especially someone who is not proficient about each model and its characteristics?
Thank you, Fatima! Glad you enjoyed the read.
Great question! The model switching can be definitely confusing, but I rarely need to switch models as I'm on the Pro plan so I've set the model to ChatGPT-4o by default without any issues.
o1-preview and o1-mini are new models. o1-mini is quicker and o1-preview is advanced in reasoning and tackling complex problems. However, they don't support file uploads (which I often use) and don't have features like "Memory", so I don't need them in my use cases - 4o works well enough. 4o-mini, on the other hand, is a compact, faster version of 4o for simple tasks, which I don't need either.
That said, if you are dealing with more specific tasks, such as asking ChatGPT to write code to solve a complex problem or generate responses faster, you can always give other models a try!
Thanks so much for the detailed response! Just to add on – from a user experience perspective, I think there's an opportunity to clarify or provide more guidance to help users better understand the context around switching between models.
This is great callout. Currently it does have a one-line description alongside each model under the dropdown, but it's still not clear enough, especially given there are multiple options to choose.
Discovered something today—replying here in case I forget :) I initially asked 4o to help me write code for a tool, but encountered bugs. However, when I switched to o1-preview, it worked successfully without issues. It also explains things more clearly and in a well-structured way.
The problem with o1-preview is that it’s slow and has a usage limit, so I can’t keep using it even if I wanted to.
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