This is the first time I'm reading a rational take on distillation.
If China does not develop their own frontier soon, they might never be able to. If US labs get any faster at releasing models, china will not be able to extract the value from the current generation before the next generation arrives. Distillation does not happen instantly.
HN might be content with "good enough" Chinese models, but my clients certainly are not. They ask the robot questions that challenge the very limits of comprehension and now have some pretty high expectations moving forward. HN asking mr deep seek to refactor their shit pile is not a high bar anymore.
If China does not develop their own frontier soon, they might never be able to. If US labs get any faster at releasing models, china will not be able to extract the value from the current generation before the next generation arrives. Distillation does not happen instantly.
HN might be content with "good enough" Chinese models, but my clients certainly are not. They ask the robot questions that challenge the very limits of comprehension and now have some pretty high expectations moving forward. HN asking mr deep seek to refactor their shit pile is not a high bar anymore.