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I wonder what's the excuse for keeping the OpenAI models closed "for the benefit of all humanity" now that models as powerful are widely available as open weigh
by jampekka 2y ago
I wonder what's the excuse for keeping the OpenAI models closed "for the benefit of all humanity" now that models as powerful are widely available as open weights.
- mppm 2y agoWe need to raise 1.63 Gazillion dollars to stay ahead of the game, to make sure that the newest models remain in the hands of an independent nonprofit acting for the benefit of all humanity, rather than some authoritarian regime... And investors willing to write a check for 1.63 Gazillion dollars require the prospect of profitability and hence a closed-source product.
- ben_w 2y agoNash equilibrium. Trying to create global enforcement against defection. "Defect" is a dominant strategy, absent enforcement. Not sure I buy that the payout matrix actually is the iterated prisoner's dilemma, but that's the argument.