[darod]

You can argue that reverse engineering anything is as hard if not harder than engineering something. I can’t imagine distillation is any different.

[some_random]

Distillation is objectively easier than training a model from scratch, that's why all these Chinese labs are doing it.

[recursive]

Training a model is objectively easier than generating the sum total of human creative output prior to 2020. That's why the big labs are doing it. What's the difference here?

[breppp]

Reverse engineering has stronger protections than merely copyright infringement