Should the US Also Distill Its Models?
mallow610 · x · 2026-07-19
The reposter comments on a specific question: since Chinese models are being distilled at lower costs, why don't US models simply distill their own models to cut costs?
This is an industry rhetorical question regarding model distillation and cost efficiency, fundamentally questioning whether US vendors will apply similar cost-reduction techniques to their own models.
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