The bigger point: you're paying for "Certainly!" and "I'd be happy to help with that" on every single response. Those tokens cost real money at scale. And they cost you time at every scale. Caveman mode isn't a hack. It's a correction. LLMs were trained on polite human text.
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Performance Benchmarks of AI Plugin Token Reduction
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The actual benchmarks from the original plugin: → Average 65% output token reduction across 10 real prompts
→ Range: 22-87% depending on task type
→ Coding explanations saw the highest compression
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Firms insourcing work to capture AI productivity gains
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One trend that I think you might start to see at big companies is insourcing via hiring: why pay so many outside vendors (legal, marketing, software vendors) when you can hire in-house and harness AI productivity gains yourself? Talked to executives already going this route…
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Local AI coding agent workflow with Hermes orchestrator
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LOCAL AI coding agent finally make sense with Hermes orchestrator. Hermes routes work through Kanban. SmallCode uses Ollama models on a Mac mini for scoped patches, tests, and repo cleanup. Claude and Codex do the heavy lifting. All of it tracked in a single Kanban board.
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AI-driven protein design tools for biologists from MIT
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Bringing #AI-driven protein-design tools to biologists everywhere
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A Guide to Setting Up Local AI Environments
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Gentle reminder that all you need to start with Local AI is: – 2x RTX 3090s (pick up for $700-$900 on r/hardwareswap) – Qwen 3.6 27B / Gemma 4 31B – Your favorite agent (Claude Code / OpenCode / etc) – Self-hosted SearXNG for web access And you got yourself Opus 4.5 at home
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Google I/O: AI-generated videos using Gemini Omni model
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GOOGLE I/O 🔥: These legends are AI-generated via an upcoming Gemini Omni model.
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 19 mai 2026
> Both videos are 8s HD samples.
> Video with Sandar and Demis is likely generated as an image-to-video using Omni for style editing.
> Logan's video is likely a "Likeness" Avatar and Omni video.… https://t.co/vRoP7yaFTk pic.twitter.com/sgX72LjAG3GOOGLE I/O : These legends are AI-generated via an upcoming Gemini Omni model. > Both videos are 8s HD samples.
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Networked AI agents compound capabilities via shared learning
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Every Job makes an AI Agent smarter. Every new skill can be instantly shared across the network. One Agent learns, all Agents level up — creating a self-accelerating intelligence engine where capabilities don’t add up, they compound exponentially. #AIAgents #Jobs
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The AI Agent Blueprint: A Practical Guide to Building AI Agents
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The AI Agent Blueprint — A Practical Playbook for Building Agentic Artificial Intelligence — Launch Your First Agent in 30 Days: https://
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Local LLM execution and cognitive security benefits
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I have ran LLMs locally that had 2048 / 4096 / 8192 context windows That alone keeps me from ever getting one-shot by an AI into a psychosis Being able to tinker with these things is legit good for you CogSec, just saying