Moments like these remind you of how centralized the Internet remains, and how vulnerable it can be to a few points of failure. But the pros probably outweigh the cons.
I can’t wait until waiting hours and spending a big chunk of your usage per task seems antiquated, and real-time iteration on massive code changes is the norm. This might just be the year of efficiency, that truly allows AI to be used to the heart’s content.
When deepseek-v4-flash-0731 was released I used it constantly for everything, and I loved the very low cost and speed. I think Google has the same game plan with their flash models.
Maximizing output metrics with incomprehensible communication? Sounds a lot like Claude and Qwen. Though there's a lot of room before AI can be seen as some sort of emotional manipulator, given how commonly its very style of literary and code output pisses people off.