Show-Me AI: Model selection

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A helpful feature of Show-Me AI that sets it apart from other AI platforms is the ability to select which AI model you would like to use depending on your task and what you wish to accomplish. Below is a brief description of the strengths and weaknesses of each available model.

Claude 4.5 Haiku

Best for: Fast everyday writing, summaries, emails, brainstorming and lightweight analysis.

Weaknesses: Not ideal for very deep reasoning or multistep logic.

Token cost: $ Cheap (excellent for daily use).

Environmental rating: Moderate impact

Claude 5.0 Sonnet

Best for: General productivity tasks and knowledge work.

Weaknesses: Slower and overkill for simple tasks.

Token cost: $$ Midrange

Environmental rating: Moderate impact

Claude Opus 5.0

Best for: High-end research, coding agents and strategic planning.

Weaknesses: Overkill for routine tasks.

Token cost: $$$ Expensive

Environmental rating: High impact

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Best for: Strong reasoning, coding, research tasks and analytical problem solving with speed.

Weaknesses: Writing tone can feel more technical or less polished than Claude.

Token cost: $$ Midrange

Environmental rating: Moderate-high impact

Gemini 3 Flash

Best for: Fast, inexpensive multimodal workloads.

Weaknesses: Sacrifices depth and reasoning.

Token cost: $ Cheap

Environmental rating: Low impact

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview

Best for: Advanced reasoning and research tasks.

Weaknesses: Preview models can be less predictable.

Token cost: $$ Midrange

Environmental rating: Moderate-high impact

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Best for: Advanced reasoning and research tasks.

Weaknesses: Uses more tokens than previous flash models for basic tasks.

Token cost: $$ Midrange

Environmental rating: Moderate impact

ChatGPT 5.6 Luna (Default)

Best for: Everyday work and deeper reasoning.

Weaknesses: Less capable than Terra for deeper reasoning.

Token cost: $ Cheap

Environmental rating: Low impact

ChatGPT 5.6 Terra

Best for: Balance of quality, speed and cost for deeper reasoning.

Weaknesses: Coding

Token cost: $$ Midrange

Environmental rating: Moderate impact

Nova Micro

Best for: Lightweight, high-volume tasks and general conversations.

Weaknesses: Limited reasoning and creativity.

Token cost: $ Cheap

Environmental rating: Low impact