Mitsuhiko Champions Thinking Trace Distillation: We Should Want It
mitsuhiko · x · 2026-08-12
Prominent developer Armin Ronacher (mitsuhiko) expressed frustration on Twitter regarding the recent 'revelation' that exposing thinking traces enables model distillation, with some calling it a negative development. He argued strongly that the AI community should actually want and encourage distillation.
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