Open-source advocates misread AI pacing statements — commoditized abundance is the inevitable path
willcb · x · 2026-09-13
The author argues open-source advocates are having a knee-jerk reaction to labs' pacing statements. Key points: no F500 exec or swing voter wants superfast-takeoff superintelligence owned by two companies, so it won't happen; intelligence will advance at the pace the world can accommodate, gated by consensus that models are aligned enough; it will trickle out via best practices and distillation; smarter models have more 'personality' so strict rules become less effective. His conclusion: labs will build Mac and Windows, the rest of us are building Linux — everyone's gonna do great.
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