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Have you seen legitimate corporates use cracked software? If you do, then your competitors will report you; your employees will blackmail you. The risk is too
by utilize1808 3mo ago
Have you seen legitimate corporates use cracked software? If you do, then your competitors will report you; your employees will blackmail you. The risk is too great.
- microgpt 3mo agoI've seen "legitimate companies" commit piracy on a scale that well exceeds all cracked software piracy combined.
- 0x3f 3mo agoThis assumes the same reward ratio also continues, but that's not the case. A cutting edge LLM is something much more valuable than a cracked copy of Word. Just like the LLM providers themselves decided violating copyright was an acceptable risk, it entirely depends on how people see the tradeoffs, rather than being a categorical decision.
- utilize1808 3mo agoWhile that might be true, it is unlikely that open source models' capability will ever surpass frontier models --- if you have the best model (by some margin), then people will want to access it, even if it means going through compliance.
- gizzlon 3mo ago> it is unlikely that open source models' capability will ever surpass frontier models Sure about that? Would you invest in products almost no-one can buy? otoh, maybe China stop releasing their best models
- utilize1808 3mo agoYes, that's what I meant. It's not that the Chinese will never be able to come up with models that superior --- it's simply that they will no longer have the incentive to open-source them once their models take the lead. Training models are expensive. No one can do it for free for very long.
- gizzlon 3mo agoMaybe, or maybe they would take this opportunity to gain a lot of power and influence around the world. Just because you're not paying per token or per month does not mean they are doing it for free.
- Daishiman 3mo agoThen they'll outsource dev work to agencies that have no frills with it and move along.
- utilize1808 3mo agoAs a company it is your responsibility to ensure your contractors are compliant. So won't work.
- civet_java 3mo agoI see your comments scattered across this thread with most converging on this thesis: "The US govt will regulate away the ability of US corporations and individuals to use unsanctioned AI models." Which is a fair thesis. I've seen you counter people's predictions of how they think things will pan as a consequence. But what I'd really like to hear is what you think happens (in the US and internationally) as a consequence of such regulations?
- utilize1808 3mo agoUSA will experience unprecedented prosperity from influx of global talents and capital who seek to amplify their productivity and profits by 10x.
- civet_java 3mo agoWell, I for one hope you are horribly wrong. And something about this train of thought aligning with just the general quality of your comments gives me hope.
- utilize1808 3mo agoWell. We will see about that. Wishful thinking can be cute.
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- jauco 3mo agoHe said copyright infringement. The company tfa is about literally trained its models using massive copyright infringement.
- tokai 3mo agoMicrosoft shipped windows for years with files signed by a warez group because Microsoft developers had used a piece of pirated software. Nothing happened.