[nickfromseattle]

Thank you for the interesting discussion!

> I never said that was okay either. LLMs should be open source and open data.

> That is one reason why I abhor copyright, patents, and intellectual property in general.

If it turns out that closed-source LLMs become the most valuable companies in the world, any thoughts on how to align / reconcile your ideals around the reality of how the technology has developed in my hypothetical example?

[satvikpendem]

There are multiple gradations of value. Linux exists even as Windows and macOS does also. They each have different strengths and weaknesses. It could be the case that only closed source LLMs are the most prevalent, but we have open source LLMs already available today that run on device and for free essentially. I don't necessarily see the world only moving towards closed source LLMs.