SOTA models are typically used for interactive coding and other human in the loop work

> say GPT-4o to GPT-5.2, a transition I just finished on a not too complicated application

Neither of which is close to SOTA, because tasks like these are typically built on a cost conscious manner which tries to keep token costs in check.

I’m primarily responding to all of the commenters who are acting like nobody is going to use American SOTA models for anything because the government interfered with them for a couple weeks. It’s obviously not true, and I expect these models to be oversubscribed instead of avoided like some are claiming.