AI commentator argues user-generated data is too noisy to be reliable distillation source
op7418 · x · 2026-09-11
In a discussion on model distillation practices, 歸藏 (op7418) argues distillation is inevitable, but questions the practice of routing models to end users for that purpose. Responding to the theory that vendors expose models to users to harvest distillation data, he counters that it's fundamentally uncontrollable — most user-generated data is far too low-quality to serve as a distillation source.
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