'Every piece of software minus model weights is now effectively open source'
sull · x · 2026-10-07
A discussion on what open source means in the AI era: the claim is that every piece of software, minus model weights, is now effectively open source since anyone can ask AI to clone it. One take suggests releasing technical docs and prompts instead of code, and using your own AI credits to rebuild — which sull endorses.
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