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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 1:20 PM4 repliesview on HN

> we should stop calling this type of model open source. They are indeed "open weight”

This ship has sailed. It’s now in the same category as hacker/cracker and the pronunciation of GIF.


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andy_ppptoday at 1:21 PM

I think you mean GIF.

engeljohnbtoday at 4:16 PM

The inventor of GIF didn't begin with a document* clearly laying out what is and isn't to be called a "GIF."

I think it's right to push back whenever a huge tech corporation tries to build goodwill by falsely using terms like "open source."

*https://opensource.org/osd

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giancarlostorotoday at 1:33 PM

It's the same as GIS, you wouldn't say jizz now would you?

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WarmWashtoday at 1:48 PM

And "hallucination" which should have been "delusion".

Way early on (spring 2023) people tried to stop it, but no luck.

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