Flag planting: how the AI space rushes to own the interface of every new model
generativist · x · 2026-09-26
The author observes that every time a new model or method drops, the AI space swarms to create packages to "own the interface to it." He dislikes this flag planting because it's antithetical to the open source ethos that gave the field so much, and feels downstream of influencer culture.
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