Tools vs services in my mind. There is no guarantee any provider will continue to do what they are doing for you at the price they are doing it.

The object permanence of not having to reinvent the world every time a model gets sunsetted has value.

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andriy_koval 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Tools vs services in my mind. There is no guarantee any provider will continue to do what they are doing for you at the price they are doing it.

with open models, there is ecosystem/market of providers, where you can easily switch to provider you like

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stymaar 2 days ago | parent [-]

Until there's an executive order that blocks one model from being served.

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andriy_koval a day ago | parent [-]

such order can target any provider (including closed models) as we know.

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spider-mario a day ago | parent [-]

Right, but not a model you have already downloaded onto your machine.

	▲	andriy_koval a day ago \| parent [-]
		the same you can access oversea model providers.

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mirekrusin 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

With competition we kind of have guarantee up to what providers can do, they don't have that much control, the most radical thing they can do is to go bankrupt.

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stymaar 2 days ago | parent [-]

Have you already forgotten the Fable drama that happened just two months ago?

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loglog 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Self-hosting won't protect you from getting locked out of a closed weights model, because you can't self-host it even if you have the hardware.

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mirekrusin 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, I remember recurring extensions on plan inclusion then becoming permanent - that's my point.

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stymaar a day ago | parent [-]

Looks like you've geniunely forgotten then: https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access

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mirekrusin 15 hours ago | parent [-]

And what’s your point exactly?

	▲	stymaar 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe you can re-read the thread? Start here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49482518

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ewwefwef 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Do You have guarante any electricity price?

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Zambyte 2 days ago | parent [-]

Maybe not them specifically, but for many people with solar as an option, yes.

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