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There is a meaningful trade-off between response latency and the intelligence of the model producing the answer.

At 13:25 Nick discusses the latency-versus-intelligence trade-off in voice-driven agentic workflows, then gives a quick recap of what's been shown so far. ✦ AI generated

Nick Baumann · Lenny's Newsletter · 2026-08-03 · original ↗

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[No verbatim transcript available. Chapter: 'Latency vs. intelligence' and 'Quick recap.']

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supports → A core, still-unsolved trade-off in building GPT-5 is between how long the model reasons (reasoning tokens/thinking time) and response latency versus intelligence — models get dramatically smarter given more inference time, which conflicts with product needs for fast responses.Sherwin Wu · BG2 Pod