[jimbokun]

LLM weights are not protected speech.

[rileymat2]

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/regulations-targeting-l...

The truth is no one knows, which is why it is first amendment ramifications. Eventually it will be “decided”, but the arguments indicate any decision will be of political desire, not logic, either way. Both sides have a strong case.

[zephen]

Do you have a citation that shows that this issue has been settled?

[stale2002]

Actually yes they are. Code has been determined to be protected speech.

[jimbokun]

Weights are not code.

[rileymat2]

Is talking about weights? Is saying "You know what, ....., make great weights" speech? In a scientific article is the data appendix protected speech?

Generally, instructions to create something are speech, weights could pretty clearly be seen as instructions to create a chatbot.

All I am saying is that it is complicated, they could go either way with it.

[ElevenLathe]

Why not?

[jimbokun]

I am a native English speaker and I know what the word “speech” means.

[rileymat2]

The Supreme Court has added various forms of expression to first Amendment protections. Heck, even campaign spending has been classified as speech. So you may speak English, but not "legal".