[alganet]

My question was very simple. Suitable for a simpler model.

I can come up with prompts that make better models hallucinate (see post below).

I don't understand your objection. This is a known fact, LLMs hallucinate shit regardless of the model size.

[CamperBob2]

LLMs are getting better. Are you?

Nothing matters in this business except the first couple of time derivatives.

[alganet]

Maybe I'm not.

However, I'm discussing this within the context of the study presented in the paper, not some future yet-to-be-achieved performance expectation.

If we step outside the context of the paper (not advised), I think any average developer is better than an LLM at energy efficiency. LLMs cheat by consuming more resources than a human. "Better" is quite relative. So, let's keep reasonable.