A blunt defense of open-weight models says blocking others from releasing them is “evil”
rdesh26 · x · 2026-07-26
The author argues that there is a crucial moral difference between saying “I won’t release open-weight models” and “I won’t let anyone release open-weight models.”
In the post’s view, the first is a business decision, while the second crosses into something far more harmful and should be judged accordingly.
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