This is Part 2 of our LLM Selection series. If you haven’t read Part 1 (The Cost of Wrong Model Selection) and Part 2 (Measuring What Actually Matters), start there. This article assumes you’ve already accepted that all LLMs fail, we’re now talking about choosing which failure modes you can live with.
Here’s something nobody tells you when you’re selecting an LLM: the decision isn’t about which model is “best.” It’s about which model’s failures won’t kill your business.