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by bubaumba 634 days ago
> How often do people expect to compile open-source code and get _exactly_ the same binary

_Always_, with the right options. And that's the key point. If distributed code is different it means it may be infected or altered in other way. In other words it cannot be trusted.

The same with models, if they are not reproducible or verifiable they cannot be trusted. Trust is the main feature of open source. Calling black box with attached data 'open source', even 'the first' is a bit of a stretch. It's not reproducible and not verifiable. And it's definitely not the first model with open data.

To be correct you should add 'untrusted' if you want to call this thing 'open source'. Like with Meta's models who knows what it holds.

PS: finally I'm negative, fanboys don't like it ;-)