Decentralization as Tribal Label: Open Models Share Centralization's Failure Modes
zetalyrae · x · 2026-08-17
The author argues that calls for decentralization often serve as tribal affiliation labels without considering tradeoffs. Similarly, open models, when reasoned through, exhibit many of the same failure modes as centralization.
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