Satya on the Irony of Distillation Limits
kaggleqrdl · reddit · 2026-07-13
Satya Nadella highlighted an intriguing paradox: on one hand, model providers rely on the fair use of public data for training; on the other, the industry imposes heavy restrictions on distillation.
He finds this somewhat "ironic"—if the former is deemed essential for driving innovation, why has the latter become the default? This touches more upon the tension among model training, knowledge transfer, and industry regulations rather than being purely a technical issue.
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