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waterTanukiyesterday at 1:36 AM1 replyview on HN

It is a given. Unless the Trump admin figures out how to ban 1s and 0s, you can't stop Chinese labs from open sourcing their models. They can certainly ban new providers from using the Chinese models, but they can't ban Canadian ones, European ones, other Asian countries etc. from setting up provider proxies and bypassing those rules. Then what, great firewall of USA? Block off all internet traffic to other countries? Bye bye economy.

I think the burden of proof is on the closed SOTA model providers to prove they have a moat, because common sense indicates they don't.


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DangitBobbyyesterday at 8:37 PM

Yes, banning 1s and 0s is completely impossible and unprecedented /s. I wouldn't choose either as a default until the dust settles. Either way, I wanted to point out the unstated assumption. Whether you personally believe it's a foregone conclusion or not, it's an essential part of the logic chain that not everyone will agree to.