> we never intentionally degrade model quality as a result of demand or other factors
Fully giving them the benefit of the doubt, I still think that still allows for a scenario like "we may [switch to quantized models|tune parameters], but our internal testing showed that these interventions didn't materially affect end user experience".
I hate to parse their words in this way, because I don't know how they could have phrased it that closed the door on this concern, but all the anecdata (personal and otherwise) suggests something is happening.
> we never intentionally degrade model quality as a result of demand or other factors
Fully giving them the benefit of the doubt, I still think that still allows for a scenario like "we may [switch to quantized models|tune parameters], but our internal testing showed that these interventions didn't materially affect end user experience".
I hate to parse their words in this way, because I don't know how they could have phrased it that closed the door on this concern, but all the anecdata (personal and otherwise) suggests something is happening.