Suhail says model distillation is inevitable and America should back open-weight models
Suhail · x · 2026-07-24
If you distill a model from another distilled model, nothing magically breaks — and trying to stop it is a waste of time, the post argues.
- The author says model distillation is inevitable and regulatory efforts will not prevent it.
- He adds that the original models were trained on vast amounts of copyrighted data anyway.
- His proposed answer is to invest heavily in American companies that secure open-weight models for citizens and national security.
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