Yep, 3 isn’t smart enough and gpt4 runs can create hundreds of thousands of tokens.
I think there is too much momentum for this to just end, and I can’t see things stagnating, we’re in the middle of a revolution. I’d bet in the next weeks and months the assistants api will improve, possibly dramatically if recent history is anything to go by.
You said it, the term ‘beta’ literally means software not ready for production.