AI Model Families: Pick Among Claude, GPT, and Gemini Without Tribalism

End-of-lesson check

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1. Why is brand loyalty to a single AI model family potentially harmful according to this lesson?

   1. It creates legal liability for your projects
   2. It guarantees consistent results across all tasks
   3. It violates the terms of service of AI providers
   4. It may cause you to miss better outcomes available from other families on certain tasks

2. What is the primary purpose of running your own evaluation on your specific data?

   1. To compare prices across model providers
   2. To satisfy regulatory requirements
   3. To prove that your preferred model is superior
   4. To determine which model actually performs best for your particular use case

3. A team built a model router that selects between Claude, GPT, and Gemini based on task type. How often should they update the routing logic, and why?

   1. Only when a customer complains
   2. Never, because the router is permanently optimized
   3. Regularly, because model rankings change as new versions ship
   4. Once a year, because model capabilities are stable

4. What limitation prevents an AI assistant from always recommending the absolute best model family for any given task?

   1. AI cannot process technical specifications
   2. AI assistants lack sufficient training data
   3. AI cannot access real-time information about the latest model releases
   4. AI is programmed to hide information

5. In the terminology from this lesson, what does 'frontier family' refer to?

   1. Models that have been discontinued
   2. Models optimized for specific industries
   3. The most advanced or capable AI model families at the leading edge
   4. The least expensive AI models

6. Why might published benchmarks be insufficient for selecting a model for your specific application?

   1. Benchmarks only measure speed, not quality
   2. Your data and tasks may differ from benchmark conditions
   3. Benchmarks are always fake
   4. Benchmarks are too expensive to read

7. What is a model router designed to do?

   1. Combine multiple models into one
   2. Monitor user conversations for compliance
   3. Automatically select the best model family based on incoming task characteristics
   4. Block access to certain AI models

8. The lesson uses the term 'leapfrog' to describe what phenomenon in AI model development?

   1. When models decrease in capability
   2. When a model becomes permanently unavailable
   3. When one model family overtakes another in performance
   4. When users switch between models

9. What is the recommended evaluation cadence for keeping your model selections current?

   1. Never after initial selection
   2. Once at project start
   3. Only when models are completely discontinued
   4. At regular intervals to account for model updates

10. A student asks which AI model family is 'the best.' Based on the lesson's framework, what is the most accurate response?

    1. There is no way to determine which is best
    2. GPT is the best because OpenAI is the largest company
    3. The best family depends on the specific task; each leads on different use cases
    4. Claude is the best because it has the best marketing

11. What distinguishes a well-designed per-task evaluation from simply reading benchmark scores?

    1. Per-task evals require no setup time
    2. Per-task evals test on your actual data and realistic scenarios
    3. Per-task evals use more expensive compute
    4. Per-task evals are always automated

12. When mapping task types to model families, which factor should primarily drive your recommendation?

    1. The developer's personal preference
    2. The model's release date
    3. The model's marketing materials
    4. Current evidence about which family performs best on that task type

13. Why is it impossible for an AI to reliably predict which model family will lead in six months?

    1. AI models cannot process time-series data
    2. AI is not allowed to make predictions about technology
    3. Model capabilities never change
    4. The AI industry experiences unpredictable leapfrogs in capability

14. What does the lesson identify as something AI cannot do that humans must do themselves?

    1. Generate text responses
    2. Handle user authentication
    3. Replace evaluations run on your own specific data
    4. Process API requests

15. A product team wants to implement a multi-model strategy. What does the lesson recommend building instead of a permanent preference for one family?

    1. A router with evaluation mechanisms that can be updated
    2. A contract committing to one provider
    3. A pricing comparison spreadsheet
    4. A single fallback model for emergencies