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by seviu 8 days ago
Right now I rely on whoever that is opensourcing the models.

I wholeheartedly agree with what you said about China.

But I can’t shrug off the fact that fable was taken down within minutes for reasons that are childish and petty.

I am sorry but I can’t use any US AI if I don’t have the guarantee that I will be able to use it tomorrow.

And Trump showed us he is willing to take it out whenever he wants.

An opensource model on the contrary, I can host myself, or use a miriad of providers, mostly non chinese.
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jmaw 8 days ago
> I am sorry but I can’t use any US AI if I don’t have the guarantee that I will be able to use it tomorrow.

To be fair this is every commercial model. We have already seen GHCP increase prices by anywhere from 10-100x (depending on usage). And old models get retired all the time. While these are not exactly the same as a cutting edge model being shut down, increasing prices a super high amount leads to effectively the same outcome.

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UncleOxidant 8 days ago
> And Trump showed us he is willing to take it out whenever he wants.

Yes, the actions of this administration on Friday should have sent shockwaves through the market - a market that's currently "high on AI". How do you get a return on all of that AI investment if the administration can jump in at any time and say "Nope, you can't use this very advanced model!"? (the Iran "deal" over the weekend, I think helped cushion that blow, but eventually it's going to sink in)

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