The Distillation Debate Around Chinese AI Models Resurfaces
madeofAjala · x · 2026-07-18
A debate has emerged over the claim that "Chinese models are merely distilling US models."
The original poster argues that this view is overly simplistic; achieving current capabilities post-DeepSeek R1 would be highly unlikely through knowledge distillation alone. Replies specifically mentioning GLM-5.2 and Kimi-3 echo this, stating that attributing Chinese AI progress simply to "distilling US models" is a lazy narrative that obscures the genuine contributions being made.
Related event: Chinese Models Challenge the 'Distillation Only' Stereotype(3 posts)→
More from Models
- Kimi K2.8 Preview rolls out: near-K3 coding performance, 1M context for all tiers — teortaxesTex · 2026-09-11
- Looking for a classifier of software engineering task shapes to pick models per task — StewartalsopIII · 2026-09-11
- DeepSeek V4 Pro API to continue after Sept 2026, billing unchanged — teortaxesTex · 2026-09-11
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Hits 98% of GPT-6 Astra's Score at 1.4% of the Cost in Third-Party Benchmark — ayushtweetshere · 2026-09-11
- TheZvi Polls: Has Your Coding Model Choice Changed Since Fable 5.1 and Astra? — TheZvi · 2026-09-11
- antirez Weighs In on Anthropic Banning Minors From Using Claude — antirez · 2026-09-11