I understand why China wants to restrict exports of their models.
But I feel the only reason Chinese models have been able to gain such popularity is BECAUSE they are open source.
I wouldn’t trust models from China enough to use them in important work unless they were open.
Restricting any powerful Chinese model [that ranks in the global top 10] is going to make them very difficult to advocate for, and very hard for global users to adopt.
Feels like this could be the beginning of the end of the democratisation of powerful AI.
And yes, I appreciate the irony that Chinese models have been the ones enabling that democratisation!
But I feel the only reason Chinese models have been able to gain such popularity is BECAUSE they are open source.
I wouldn’t trust models from China enough to use them in important work unless they were open.
Restricting any powerful Chinese model [that ranks in the global top 10] is going to make them very difficult to advocate for, and very hard for global users to adopt.
Feels like this could be the beginning of the end of the democratisation of powerful AI.
And yes, I appreciate the irony that Chinese models have been the ones enabling that democratisation!