> The better open models are the less you need frontier models

True in theory, but in practice hardware availability and cost will keep open source impractical for years to come.

azan_ 40 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It will be impractical to self host, but not to get one that's served from other providers (which won't have to recuperate loses from training).

dontlikeyoueith 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If your moat is "Our vendors aren't expanding fast enough to supply our competitors!", you don't have a moat.

aleqs 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's already very practical lmao

	▲	root_axis an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It's really not. The hardware to support anything even remotely practical starts in the tens of thousands of dollars. Quantized 40b param models are impressive, but are basically toys.