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The article seems premised on a misunderstanding that OpenAI is a research lab. For all intents and purposes, it’s a for-profit subsidiary of Microsoft, and the
by rfw300 4y ago
The article seems premised on a misunderstanding that OpenAI is a research lab. For all intents and purposes, it’s a for-profit subsidiary of Microsoft, and there’s little financial incentive for it to maintain old models for others’ benefit.
- randomwalker 4y agoWe're under no such misapprehension and we're keenly aware that this is an uphill battle. The issue is that LLMs have become part of the infrastructure of the Internet. Companies that build infrastructure have a responsibility to society, and we're documenting how OpenAI is reneging on that responsibility. Hindering research is especially problematic if you take them at their word that they're building AGI. If infrastructure companies don't do the right thing, they eventually get regulated (and if you think that will never happen, I have one word: AT&T). Finally, even if you don't care about research at all, the article mentions OpenAI's policy that none of their models going forward will be stable for more than 3 months, and it's going to be interesting to use them in production if things are going to keep breaking regularly.
- warkdarrior 4y agoSince OpenAI is discountinuing the Codex model, that model is no longer "part of the infrastructure of the Internet" and thus there is no point in studying it.
- ahtihn 4y ago> LLMs have become part of the infrastructure of the Internet Have they now? What part of the internet relies on LLMs to function? These things are still toys.
- blendergeek 4y agoThis misunderstanding may have something to do with how OpenAI was originally founded and the name: OpenAI.