[nis0s]

Opensource models exist

[dlenski]

Are they _so much_ cheaper to run that they could be used to initiate thousands of "human-like" interactions at negligible costs compared to what the interlocutors will incur?

(I genuinely don't know )

[nis0s]

A sufficiently motivated adversary will have the hardware to run the biggest open source models on prem. The only costs are then electric bills.