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Commoditize your complement has been invoked as an explanation for Meta's strategy to open source LLM models (with some definition of "open" and "model"). Gue
by openrisk 2y ago
Commoditize your complement has been invoked as an explanation for Meta's strategy to open source LLM models (with some definition of "open" and "model").
Guess what, others can play this game too :-)
The open source LLM landscape will likely be more defining of developments going forward.
- softwaredoug 2y agoBut that doesn't mean your commoditization has to win. Just that you pushed the field towards commoditization... So I'm not sure why Meta would "panic" here, it doesn't have to be them that builds the best commoditized model.
- openrisk 2y agoYeah, panic is definitely not applicable in this case, but its still kind of awkward. "Thought leadership" and brownie points with the wider community are frequently invoked as additional motivating factors when a corporate entity open sources a technology.
- gwern 2y agoThe Blind post is about the staff panicking. Even if Zuckerberg is not panicking, you can surely see why staff/execs (supposedly being paid up to $6m/yr+) might panic over the possibility Zuckerberg might conclude 'oh, we don't need to be in the foundation model business, DeepSeek has it handled'... As it happens, Zuckerberg appears to have concluded that FB needs to still be in the foundation model business: https://www.facebook.com/4/posts/10116307989894321/ https://www.facebook.com/4/posts/10116307989894321/ Possibly because LLMs are far from 'done', and it's unclear if DS does have it handled indefinitely.
- JensW 2y agoComplement to which of Meta's products?