Comment by proteal

Even if everything was released how you described, what good would that really do for an individual without access to heaps of compute? Functionally there seems to be no difference between open weights and open compute because nobody could train a facsimile model. Furthermore, all frontier models are inscrutable due to their construction. It’s wild to me seeing people complain semantics when meta dropped their model for cheap. Now I’m not saying we should suck the zuck for this act of charity, but you have to imagine that other frontier models are not thrilled that meta has invalidated their compute moats with the release of llama. Whether we like it or not, we’re on this AI rollercoaster and I’m glad that it’s not just oligopolists dictating the direction forward. I’m happy to see meta take this direction, knowing that the alternatives are much worse.