SLM vs LLM. Where does Jev sit?

Compare SLM and LLM characteristics, then place Jev: typed decisions for the classify lane, not a generative writer.

SLM

Small, fast, cheap. Labels, JSON, tools, short rewrites. Narrow knowledge. Watch: misses odd cases.

LLM

Wide, slower, costly. Open reasoning and hard composition. Watch: can sound right while weakly grounded.

Jev

Not a chat SLM. Answers questions on a state with noul / choice / score — typed, no invented labels.

Fit

Jev applies on the SLM *lane* for closed decisions. Generative SLMs still own extract and rewrite.

Escalate

Chat model writes after a cutoff or when the job is open and ambiguous.

Takeaway

Classify with Jev or a constrained SLM. Extract/rewrite with an SLM. Reason hard with an LLM.