Open-Weight Model Training Deserves Public Discourse
rakyll · x · 2026-07-19
The author argues that the **focus of public discourse** should be on how open-weight models are trained and the broader sensitive issues surrounding them, particularly **distillation attacks**. He stresses that while these issues are extremely important, they are **entirely independent** of other points of contention and should not be conflated.
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