SmolLM2
Hugging Face small language model, 1.7B params
Episodes
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#5467: Small Models, Big Schemas: When JSON Constraints BackfireSmall models plus strict JSON schemas should be a safe bet. A 15,000-generation study found the opposite. -
#5436: Small Models as Rewriters, Not WritersWhy "don't say X" prompts backfire, and how a tiny grammar-constrained model can scrub a script without breaking its grammar. -
#5408: When Small NLP Models Beat the LLMFeature extraction, fill-mask, token classification — the classic NLP tasks still have a job. Here's when a small model beats a frontier API.