Packy McCormick says AI is oil, not god, after Nadella and Huang back open weights
Not Boring (Packy McCormick) · rss · 2026-07-26
Packy McCormick argues that AI is “oil, not god” in a long essay reacting to Satya Nadella, Jensen Huang, and other tech leaders signing and sharing a letter supporting open-weight models.
Main points:
- He frames the letter as classic strategy: companies try to commoditize complements.
- The signatories span model makers and complementary players such as Nvidia, Microsoft, Hugging Face, Meta, Dell, and enterprise software firms.
- He argues that more competition at the model layer benefits consumers and businesses, even if some people worry open weights make it easier to remove safety guardrails.
- He acknowledges the counterargument that open models could be fine-tuned for bio/cyber harm, but says the strategic and economic case for openness is strong.
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