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trashfacetoday at 7:33 PM2 repliesview on HN

Pretty happy for anything that will throw some sand into the gears of AI development, given all the negative externalities that are becoming apparent, even if the admin is doing it for the usual dumbass reasons.


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softwaredougtoday at 7:37 PM

It’s worse than that.

It’s available to large companies. The WH gives them a competitive advantage against the rest of the market.

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jstummbilligtoday at 7:53 PM

Not sure if the USG reserving all superior models for themselves and big corp is sand in AI dev? Inference is clearly constrained, people still want better models. Everyone will still use the best they can afford -- now additionally limited by what the USG allows them to pay for.