The Socratic Model: Why the Wisest AI is the One That Knows When to Ask.

Moving beyond monolithic LLMs: A 3B-parameter hierarchical system that outperforms generalists through selective delegation. Created with Google Gemini “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” - Socrates The biggest models in AI today are optimized as broad generalists - hundreds of billions of parameters trained on trillions of tokens, compressing the entire internet into one monolithic brain. This approach works remarkably well on average, but it blurs the boundary between knowing and guessing. When these models reach the edge of their knowledge, they don’t stop.