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dgellow 6 hours ago

The thing is, you don’t need to actually block usage to make something illegal. You make it so toxic that company wants to be seen publicly using open models

UltraSane 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Companies would secretly use self-hosted models internally because it would give them a enormous cost advantage.

dgellow 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure, companies can indeed do illegal things

UltraSane 4 hours ago | parent [-]

But how would the actual weights it be made illegal without violating the 1st amendment?

hgoel 3 hours ago | parent [-]

By ignoring the 1st amendment? The US has a tendency of ignoring its constitution whenever it's convenient.

UltraSane 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Don't be glib, the 1st amendment is taken VERY seriously.

dgellow 36 minutes ago | parent [-]

Im not sure if you’re joking or not.

- the US strictly regulate cryptography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...

- some prime numbers are considered illegal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number#Illegal_primes

I don’t think banning open weight is that far fetch compared to those