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We have open-source models, and they're getting better and better.
by SuperV1234 11d ago
We have open-source models, and they're getting better and better.
- smitty1e 11d agoBut, rather that a wide Edenic expanse of communication, we seem headed toward walled gardens with gatekeepers and a need to pay money for all the usual reasons. This seems both inevitable, and an occasion to tout the https://www.fsf.org https://www.fsf.org
- jasonvorhe 11d agoEh? Where exactly is that a reality though? I just spent like 20$ last week on various Chinese frontier models using openrouter and ppq building like 10 different projects that would've cost way more than double or quadruple per token at the big 3 if I didn't have those alternative options. Hell, for small tasks I even fell back to a local 27b Qwen model.
- hackmetothemoon 10d ago[dead]
- nycdotnet 11d agofor now.
- TeMPOraL 11d agoThey will literally never get worse. It's a one-way street.
- nycdotnet 11d agoI agree. The question is if they will remain legal.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 11d agoThe law doesn't prevent someone from doing or using something. It punishes them for doing or using something (if caught), but never prevents. If laws had the power to prevent, Chicago would be some sort of utopia.
- wpietri 11d agoChicago is pretty great, bub. This year I opened a pinball museum here, so I can testify that it's a fine place to run a business. Some friends just came from the Bay Area for a week and had a lovely time. If only for your mental health, you should step out of your media bubble now and again
- janice1999 11d ago... if you can afford the ever increasing cost of hardware, a rise directly caused by the same AI companies.
- Marha01 11d agoI don't think it will be ever-increasing. It might last a long time, but sooner or later supply will increase to meet the demand (or the demand will drop, or both) and hardware will be cheap again.