Anything To JSON

AI

structured extraction model

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18points
8comments
#1,990of 3,515 in 2024
Top 57%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Chaining a small model for JSON structure saves the big model's attention for reasoning

    From 1 comment
    • Nice, makes sense to chain models so you don't waste the attention of the big smart model on the grunt work of JSON structure. I bet there are some good post-processing…
      yeldarb on HN

Objections

  • Small model cannot match large closed-source models

    From 1 comment
    • How does it differentiate from using json output with OpenAI? I think it can be useful for some cases, but you’ll always have the limitation of the model size to compete against…
      Oras on HN
  • Hallucinates values for missing fields, such as inventing a name

    From 1 comment
    • interesting idea! yeah next big challenge for us is hallucination in null fields (IE: if you ask for a "name" from text that doesn't have a name you usually get "John") so need…
      edunteman on HN

Requests

  • Support for image inputs

    From 1 comment
    • Awesome, agree on the nulls! Any plans to add support for image inputs?
      1997 on HN

Questions

  • How it differs from OpenAI JSON mode

    From 1 comment
    • How does it differentiate from using json output with OpenAI? I think it can be useful for some cases, but you’ll always have the limitation of the model size to compete against…
      Oras on HN

Alternatives named

  • OpenAI JSON mode

    From 1 comment
    • How does it differentiate from using json output with OpenAI? I think it can be useful for some cases, but you’ll always have the limitation of the model size to compete against…
      Oras on HN

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