| ▲ | minimaxir 7 hours ago |
| And? Is that a scandal? |
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| ▲ | thehamkercat 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Not a scandal ofc, but people use local models mostly for privacy and using a closed-source, VC-backed app that might change anything in the next update might not be best for privacy |
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| ▲ | SOLAR_FIELDS 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | It also seems weird to be closed source and then market yourself as a tool designed for things that are open |
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| ▲ | speedgoose 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| No, but you are a lot more vulnerable to enshittification and you don’t have the advantages of open source applications. It’s an important criteria to have in mind when you select an application. |
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| ▲ | cyanydeez 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| some people want to make money, others want to improve social progress. Happy to clarify which is who and who is which. |
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| ▲ | radial_symmetry 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You can do both | | |
| ▲ | folkrav 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Sure. I still don't think it's particularly controversial to acknowledge that the two don't necessarily align either, and that neither really incentivizes the other. Less unanimous and debatable, but many would say they more often do not align than the opposite. | |
| ▲ | blitzar 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Sure you can ... simply start by taking donations to benefit all mankind and then once you have done enough of that go private, ipo and join the tres commas club. | |
| ▲ | freehorse 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | You can do both, until you can't, and then usually making money trumps social progress. |
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| ▲ | watwut 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | No one involved in LLMs want to improve social progress. That is simply not part of the equasion. | | |
| ▲ | simondotau 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Social progress is literally the story of labor saving devices. Creating more with less labor means a society of relative abundance, with more time for education, creativity, leisure and personal growth. Don't be fooled into thinking LLMs are any different to the tractor, the loom, the calculator, or shoe factories in the third world. |
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| ▲ | felooboolooomba 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I'm interested in your thought process. How did you get from his initial statement opening of "A friendly reminder ..." to thinking that this was a scandal? |
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| ▲ | minimaxir 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | It's a common discussion trope to imply malfeasance in response to good news, which is a way to non-constructively shut down a conversation particularly without elaboration. In this particular case I legit didn't understand what the OP was actually implying because they did not elaborate. |
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| ▲ | NamlchakKhandro 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Yes. Is that a problem for you comrad? |
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